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1 | git-fsck(1) |
2 | =========== | |
3 | ||
4 | NAME | |
5 | ---- | |
6 | git-fsck - Verifies the connectivity and validity of the objects in the database | |
7 | ||
8 | ||
9 | SYNOPSIS | |
10 | -------- | |
11 | [verse] | |
b1889c36 | 12 | 'git fsck' [--tags] [--root] [--unreachable] [--cache] [--no-reflogs] |
1e49f22f | 13 | [--[no-]full] [--strict] [--verbose] [--lost-found] |
c6a13b2c | 14 | [--[no-]dangling] [--[no-]progress] [<object>*] |
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15 | |
16 | DESCRIPTION | |
17 | ----------- | |
18 | Verifies the connectivity and validity of the objects in the database. | |
19 | ||
20 | OPTIONS | |
21 | ------- | |
22 | <object>:: | |
23 | An object to treat as the head of an unreachability trace. | |
24 | + | |
0b444cdb | 25 | If no objects are given, 'git fsck' defaults to using the |
d5fa1f1a | 26 | index file, all SHA-1 references in `refs` namespace, and all reflogs |
831e61f8 | 27 | (unless --no-reflogs is given) as heads. |
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28 | |
29 | --unreachable:: | |
43d532e6 | 30 | Print out objects that exist but that aren't reachable from any |
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31 | of the reference nodes. |
32 | ||
0460ed2c | 33 | --[no-]dangling:: |
c6a13b2c | 34 | Print objects that exist but that are never 'directly' used (default). |
a8747a10 | 35 | `--no-dangling` can be used to omit this information from the output. |
c6a13b2c | 36 | |
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37 | --root:: |
38 | Report root nodes. | |
39 | ||
40 | --tags:: | |
41 | Report tags. | |
42 | ||
43 | --cache:: | |
44 | Consider any object recorded in the index also as a head node for | |
45 | an unreachability trace. | |
46 | ||
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47 | --no-reflogs:: |
48 | Do not consider commits that are referenced only by an | |
49 | entry in a reflog to be reachable. This option is meant | |
50 | only to search for commits that used to be in a ref, but | |
51 | now aren't, but are still in that corresponding reflog. | |
52 | ||
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53 | --full:: |
54 | Check not just objects in GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY | |
55 | ($GIT_DIR/objects), but also the ones found in alternate | |
56 | object pools listed in GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES | |
57 | or $GIT_DIR/objects/info/alternates, | |
2de9b711 | 58 | and in packed Git archives found in $GIT_DIR/objects/pack |
df391b19 | 59 | and corresponding pack subdirectories in alternate |
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60 | object pools. This is now default; you can turn it off |
61 | with --no-full. | |
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62 | |
63 | --strict:: | |
64 | Enable more strict checking, namely to catch a file mode | |
65 | recorded with g+w bit set, which was created by older | |
2de9b711 TA |
66 | versions of Git. Existing repositories, including the |
67 | Linux kernel, Git itself, and sparse repository have old | |
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68 | objects that triggers this check, but it is recommended |
69 | to check new projects with this flag. | |
70 | ||
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71 | --verbose:: |
72 | Be chatty. | |
73 | ||
68f6c019 | 74 | --lost-found:: |
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75 | Write dangling objects into .git/lost-found/commit/ or |
76 | .git/lost-found/other/, depending on type. If the object is | |
77 | a blob, the contents are written into the file, rather than | |
78 | its object name. | |
68f6c019 | 79 | |
0460ed2c | 80 | --[no-]progress:: |
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81 | Progress status is reported on the standard error stream by |
82 | default when it is attached to a terminal, unless | |
83 | --no-progress or --verbose is specified. --progress forces | |
84 | progress status even if the standard error stream is not | |
85 | directed to a terminal. | |
86 | ||
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87 | DISCUSSION |
88 | ---------- | |
df391b19 | 89 | |
d5fa1f1a | 90 | git-fsck tests SHA-1 and general object sanity, and it does full tracking |
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91 | of the resulting reachability and everything else. It prints out any |
92 | corruption it finds (missing or bad objects), and if you use the | |
93 | '--unreachable' flag it will also print out objects that exist but that | |
94 | aren't reachable from any of the specified head nodes (or the default | |
95 | set, as mentioned above). | |
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96 | |
97 | Any corrupt objects you will have to find in backups or other archives | |
2fd02c92 | 98 | (i.e., you can just remove them and do an 'rsync' with some other site in |
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99 | the hopes that somebody else has the object you have corrupted). |
100 | ||
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101 | Extracted Diagnostics |
102 | --------------------- | |
103 | ||
104 | expect dangling commits - potential heads - due to lack of head information:: | |
105 | You haven't specified any nodes as heads so it won't be | |
106 | possible to differentiate between un-parented commits and | |
107 | root nodes. | |
108 | ||
109 | missing sha1 directory '<dir>':: | |
110 | The directory holding the sha1 objects is missing. | |
111 | ||
112 | unreachable <type> <object>:: | |
113 | The <type> object <object>, isn't actually referred to directly | |
114 | or indirectly in any of the trees or commits seen. This can | |
115 | mean that there's another root node that you're not specifying | |
116 | or that the tree is corrupt. If you haven't missed a root node | |
117 | then you might as well delete unreachable nodes since they | |
118 | can't be used. | |
119 | ||
120 | missing <type> <object>:: | |
121 | The <type> object <object>, is referred to but isn't present in | |
122 | the database. | |
123 | ||
124 | dangling <type> <object>:: | |
125 | The <type> object <object>, is present in the database but never | |
126 | 'directly' used. A dangling commit could be a root node. | |
127 | ||
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128 | sha1 mismatch <object>:: |
129 | The database has an object who's sha1 doesn't match the | |
130 | database value. | |
131 | This indicates a serious data integrity problem. | |
132 | ||
133 | Environment Variables | |
134 | --------------------- | |
135 | ||
136 | GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY:: | |
137 | used to specify the object database root (usually $GIT_DIR/objects) | |
138 | ||
139 | GIT_INDEX_FILE:: | |
140 | used to specify the index file of the index | |
141 | ||
142 | GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES:: | |
143 | used to specify additional object database roots (usually unset) | |
144 | ||
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145 | GIT |
146 | --- | |
9e1f0a85 | 147 | Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |