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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
       This 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
           Report in more detail:

           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 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 2.34.1                                   02/26/2026                         GIT-COUNT-OBJECTS(1)