---
name: "git-prune-packed"
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-prune-packed"
---

# git-prune-packed(1)

Remove extra objects that are already in pack files

## NAME

git-prune-packed - Remove extra objects that are already in pack files

## SYNOPSIS

```
git prune-packed [-n | --dry-run] [-q | --quiet]
```

## DESCRIPTION

This program searches the **$GIT\_OBJECT\_DIRECTORY** for all objects that currently exist in a pack file as well as in the independent object directories.

All such extra objects are removed.

A pack is a collection of objects, individually compressed, with delta compression applied, stored in a single file, with an associated index file.

Packs are used to reduce the load on mirror systems, backup engines, disk storage, etc.

## OPTIONS

- \-n, --dry-run

  Don’t actually remove any objects, only show those that would have been removed.

- \-q, --quiet

  Squelch the progress indicator.

## SEE ALSO

[**git-pack-objects**(1)](/git-pack-objects/1.md) [**git-repack**(1)](/git-repack/1.md)

## GIT

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