NAME

       git-pack-redundant - Find redundant pack files

SYNOPSIS

       git pack-redundant [--verbose] [--alt-odb] (--all | <pack-filename>...)

WARNING

       git pack-redundant has been deprecated and is scheduled for removal in a future version of Git. Because
       it can only remove entire duplicate packs and not individual duplicate objects, it is generally not a
       useful tool for reducing repository size. You are better off using git gc to do so, which will put
       objects into a new pack, removing duplicates.

       Running pack-redundant without the --i-still-use-this flag will fail in this release. If you believe you
       have a use case for which pack-redundant is better suited and oppose this removal, please contact the Git
       mailing list at git@vger.kernel.org[1]. More information about the list is available at
       https://git-scm.com/community.

DESCRIPTION

       This program computes which packs in your repository are redundant. The output is suitable for piping to
       xargs rm if you are in the root of the repository.

       git pack-redundant accepts a list of objects on standard input. Any objects given will be ignored when
       checking which packs are required. This makes the following command useful when wanting to remove packs
       which contain unreachable objects.

       git fsck --full --unreachable | cut -d ' ' -f3 | \ git pack-redundant --all | xargs rm

OPTIONS

       --all
           Processes all packs. Any filenames on the command line are ignored.

       --alt-odb
           Don’t require objects present in packs from alternate object database (odb) directories to be present
           in local packs.

       --verbose
           Outputs some statistics to stderr. Has a small performance penalty.

SEE ALSO

       git-pack-objects(1) git-repack(1) git-prune-packed(1)

GIT

       Part of the git(1) suite

NOTES

        1. git@vger.kernel.org
           mailto:git@vger.kernel.org

Git 2.51.0                                         08/28/2025                              GIT-PACK-REDUNDANT(1)