<pre><code class="lang-bash">git reflog expire --expire=now --all
git gc --auto --aggressive --prune=now
</code></pre>
<p>From <a target="_blank" href="https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm/blob/759f70f1967c56e0ce9b8f51a6c0b33efdea869b/install.sh#L193">nvm/install.sh</a></p>
<p><img src="https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1740654763205/21aa041f-d119-46dc-9a7d-aefdbd59b6fc.png" alt class="image--center mx-auto" /></p>


```bash
git reflog expire --expire=now --all
git gc --auto --aggressive --prune=now
```

From [nvm/install.sh](https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm/blob/759f70f1967c56e0ce9b8f51a6c0b33efdea869b/install.sh#L193)

![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1740654763205/21aa041f-d119-46dc-9a7d-aefdbd59b6fc.png align="center")

Compress and cleanup a git repository

From time to time I get a crazy idea.. and then I realize it's already in production.
