Cleaning the Git repository

How to clean the git

• to see what’s dangling

  git fsck
  git reflog
  

• to clean

  git reflog expire --expire=now --all
  git gc --prune=now
  

• examples

  git reflog expire --expire=now --all
  git reflog 
  # reflog should be cleaned
  [email protected]:~/stl/_devops/chef-sl_policy_import(master)$ git gc --prune=now
  Counting objects: 409, done.
  Delta compression using up to 8 threads.
  Compressing objects: 100% (304/304), done.
  Writing objects: 100% (409/409), done.
  Total 409 (delta 215), reused 126 (delta 56)
  [email protected]:~/stl/_devops/chef-sl_policy_import(master)$ git fsck
  Checking object directories: 100% (256/256), done.
  Checking objects: 100% (409/409), done.