# 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 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 2.18.2 01/03/2020 GIT-COUNT-OBJECTS(1)