GIT-COUNT-OBJECTS(1) Git Manual GIT-COUNT-OBJECTS(1)
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
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
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