Manual: git-count-objects

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

	   packs: the number of pack files

	   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

GIT
       Part of the git(1) suite

Git 2.53.0					 03/02/2026				GIT-COUNT-OBJECTS(1)