git-count-objects(1)
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NAME
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git-count-objects - Count unpacked number of objects and their disk consumption

SYNOPSIS
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[verse]
'git count-objects' [-v] [-H | --human-readable]

DESCRIPTION
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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
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-v::
--verbose::
	Provide more detailed reports:
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count: the number of loose objects
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size: disk space consumed by loose objects, in KiB (unless -H is specified)
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in-pack: the number of in-pack objects
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packs: the number of pack files
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size-pack: disk space consumed by the packs, in KiB (unless -H is specified)
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prune-packable: the number of loose objects that are also present in
the packs. These objects could be pruned using `git prune-packed`.
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garbage: the number of files in the object database that are neither valid loose
objects nor valid packs
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size-garbage: disk space consumed by garbage files, in KiB (unless -H is
specified)
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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
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Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite