Reclaim disk space by removing unreferenced data from your repository.
The oxen prune command removes orphaned nodes and version files that are not referenced by any commit in your repository. This helps reclaim disk space by cleaning up unreferenced data that accumulates over time.
To prune your repository and remove orphaned files:
oxen prune
This will scan your repository, identify unreferenced nodes and version files, and remove them to free up disk space.
In large repositories, the prune operation can take a while to run as it needs to scan all nodes and version files. Consider using --dry-run first to estimate the scope of the operation.
# First, check what would be removedoxen prune --dry-run# Review the statistics# If everything looks good, run the actual pruneoxen prune# Verify your repository is still intactoxen statusoxen log
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