us freeing up disk
space. Prune operates by enumerating all the locally stored objects, and
then deleting any which are not referenced by at least ONE of the
following:</p>
</div>
<div class="ulist">
<ul>
<li>
<p>the current checkout</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>all existing stashes</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>a 'recent branch'; see <a href="#_recent_files">RECENT FILES</a></p>
</li>
<li>
<p>a 'recent commit' on the current branch or recent branches; see
<a href="#_recent_files">RECENT FILES</a></p>
</li>
<li>
<p>a commit which