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+# Gitea Docker registry prune
+Prunes orphan images form Gitea's Docker registry, described at https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/issues/21673
+
+## Build
+```sh
+go build .
+```
+
+## Run
+```sh
+GITEA_URL=https://<url> GITEA_TOKEN=<token> ./gitea-docker-registry-prune
+```
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