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    git-count-objects(1)
    ====================
    
    NAME
    ----
    git-count-objects - Count unpacked number of objects and their disk consumption
    
    SYNOPSIS
    --------
    [verse]
    '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 linkgit:git[1] suite