Git is a powerful version control system, and as you use it over time, the repository accumulates a large amount of historical data, objects, and commits. While these elements are critical to code history, in some cases they can lead to large, inefficient repositories. To help developers optimize the performance of their Git repositories and reduce their storage footprint, Git provides a series of commands for repository cleanup and optimization.
In this article, we’ll go over several of the repository cleanup and optimization commands that Git provides, includinggit gc、git prune、git clean、git repack、git fsckand more to help you manage your Git storage more efficiently when maintaining your repositories.