---
name: "dpt-gc"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "pkg-perl-tools"
version: "0.82"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/dpt-gc"
---

# dpt-gc(1)

swipe pkg-perl working directories

## NAME

dpt-gc - swipe pkg-perl working directories

## SYNOPSIS

**dpt gc** \[*option*...\]

## DESCRIPTION

**dpt gc** runs [**git**(1)](/git/1.md) garbage collection in cloned pkg-perl's repositories. It is suitable to be run from **cron**(1), e.g. weekly.

## CONFIGURATION

**dpt gc** uses the `"DPT_PACKAGES"` environment variable. If `"DPT_PACKAGES"` is not defined, the command fails.

See [**dpt-config**(5)](/dpt-config/5.md) for details.

## OPTIONS

- **-h**

  Display usage information.

- **-p**

  Run in parallel, utilizing all CPUs.

- **-s**

  Display statistics about disk usage before and after garbage collection.

- **-v**

  Verbose operation. Let [**git-gc**(1)](/git-gc/1.md) emit progress messages. Doesn't display per-repository stats when **-p** is used.

## COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

Copyright 2013, 2017 Damyan Ivanov dmn@debian.org

Copyright 2017, 2018 gregor herrmann gregoa@debian.org

This program is free software, licensed under the same terms as perl.