GIT-COUNT-OBJECTS(1) Git Manual GIT-COUNT-OBJECTS(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

git-count-objects - Count unpacked number of objects and their disk consumption

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

```
git count-objects [-v] [-H | --human-readable]
```

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

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](#OPTIONS)

-v, --verbose

Provide more detailed reports:

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

packs: the number of pack files

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 the 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](#GIT)

Part of the [**git**(1)](/man/os/git/git.1) suite

2026-06-29 Git 2.55.0

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Document: git-count-objects(1) from git 2.55.0-r10 (Chainguard OS)
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