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git gc — Optimise the local repository by cleaning unnecessary files. More information: <https://git-scm.com/

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Problem

How to use the git gc command: Optimise the local repository by cleaning unnecessary files. More information: <https://git-scm.com/docs/git-gc>.

Solution

git gc — Optimise the local repository by cleaning unnecessary files. More information: <https://git-scm.com/docs/git-gc>.

Optimise the repository:
git gc


Aggressively optimise, takes more time:
git gc --aggressive


Do not prune loose objects (prunes by default):
git gc --no-prune


Suppress all output:
git gc --quiet


Display help:
git gc --help

Code Snippets

Optimise the repository

git gc

Aggressively optimise, takes more time

git gc --aggressive

Do not prune loose objects (prunes by default)

git gc --no-prune

Suppress all output

git gc --quiet

Display help

git gc --help

Context

tldr-pages: common/git gc

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