---
name: "git-count-objects"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "git"
version: "2.56.0-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/git-count-objects"
---

# git-count-objects(1)

Count unpacked number of objects and their disk consumption

## NAME

git-count-objects - Count unpacked number of objects and their disk consumption

## SYNOPSIS

```
git count-objects [-v] [-H | --human-readable]
```

## DESCRIPTION

Counts the number of unpacked object files and disk space consumed by them, to help you decide when it is a good time to repack.

## OPTIONS

- \-v, --verbose

  Provide more detailed reports:

  count: the number of loose objects

  size: disk space consumed by loose objects, in KiB (unless -H is specified)

  in-pack: the number of in-pack objects

  packs: the number of pack files

  size-pack: disk space consumed by the packs, in KiB (unless -H is specified)

  prune-packable: the number of loose objects that are also present in the packs. These objects could be pruned using **git** **prune-packed**.

  garbage: the number of files in the object database that are neither valid loose objects nor valid packs

  size-garbage: disk space consumed by garbage files, in KiB (unless -H is specified)

  alternate: absolute path of alternate object databases; may appear multiple times, one line per path. Note that if the path contains non-printable characters, it may be surrounded by double-quotes and contain C-style backslashed escape sequences.

- \-H, --human-readable

  Print sizes in human readable format

## GIT

Part of the [**git**(1)](/git/1.md) suite