[PATCH] everyday: replace 'prune' with 'gc --prune'

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This document is for newcomers, so it's good to mention gc for housekeeping
tasks instead of running prune manually.

Signed-off-by: Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 Documentation/everyday.txt |    8 +++-----
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/everyday.txt b/Documentation/everyday.txt
index ce7c170..a09c1d9 100644
--- a/Documentation/everyday.txt
+++ b/Documentation/everyday.txt
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ Everybody uses these commands to maintain git repositories.
 
   * gitlink:git-fsck[1] to check the repository for errors.
 
-  * gitlink:git-prune[1] to remove unused objects in the repository.
-
   * gitlink:git-repack[1] to pack loose objects for efficiency.
 
   * gitlink:git-gc[1] to do common housekeeping tasks such as
@@ -56,13 +54,13 @@ disk space is wasted by not repacking.
 <3> without `-a` repacks incrementally.  repacking every 4-5MB
 of loose objects accumulation may be a good rule of thumb.
 <4> it is easier to use `git gc` than individual housekeeping commands
-such as `prune` and `repack`.  This runs `repack -a -d`.
+such as `prune` and `repack`.
 
 Repack a small project into single pack.::
 +
 ------------
 $ git repack -a -d <1>
-$ git prune
+$ git gc --prune
 ------------
 +
 <1> pack all the objects reachable from the refs into one pack,
@@ -189,7 +187,7 @@ $ git pull <3>
 $ git log -p ORIG_HEAD.. arch/i386 include/asm-i386 <4>
 $ git pull git://git.kernel.org/pub/.../jgarzik/libata-dev.git ALL <5>
 $ git reset --hard ORIG_HEAD <6>
-$ git prune <7>
+$ git gc --prune <7>
 $ git fetch --tags <8>
 ------------
 +
-- 
1.5.4.rc0.67.gf9c5-dirty

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