Repository Maintenance & Housekeeping
Learn commands like `git gc` and `git prune` to clean up and optimize your local Git repository.
Welcome to Git Housekeeping
Over time, your local Git repositories can accumulate unnecessary files and become less efficient. Think of it like a messy room!
In this lesson, we'll learn how to clean up and optimize your Git repositories using powerful commands like git gc and git prune. This keeps your projects running smoothly.
Git's Object Store Explained
First, let's understand how Git stores data. Git saves your project's history as a series of 'objects':
- Blobs: File contents
- Trees: Directories and their contents
- Commits: Snapshots of your project at a point in time
- Tags: Pointers to specific commits
These objects can be stored as 'loose objects' or compressed into 'packfiles' for efficiency.
All lessons in this course
- Git Reflog & Recovering History
- Git Bisect for Debugging
- Repository Maintenance & Housekeeping
- Rewriting History with git filter-repo