Documentation/git-verify-pack.txt

   1 git-verify-pack(1)
   2 ==================
   3
   4 NAME
   5 ----
   6 git-verify-pack - Validate packed Git archive files
   7
   8
   9 SYNOPSIS
  10 --------
  11 [verse]
  12 'git verify-pack' [-v|--verbose] [-s|--stat-only] [--] <pack>.idx ...
  13
  14
  15 DESCRIPTION
  16 -----------
  17 Reads given idx file for packed Git archive created with the
  18 'git pack-objects' command and verifies idx file and the
  19 corresponding pack file.
  20
  21 OPTIONS
  22 -------
  23 <pack>.idx ...::
  24         The idx files to verify.
  25
  26 -v::
  27 --verbose::
  28         After verifying the pack, show list of objects contained
  29         in the pack and a histogram of delta chain length.
  30
  31 -s::
  32 --stat-only::
  33         Do not verify the pack contents; only show the histogram of delta
  34         chain length.  With `--verbose`, list of objects is also shown.
  35
  36 \--::
  37         Do not interpret any more arguments as options.
  38
  39 OUTPUT FORMAT
  40 -------------
  41 When specifying the -v option the format used is:
  42
  43         SHA-1 type size size-in-packfile offset-in-packfile
  44
  45 for objects that are not deltified in the pack, and
  46
  47         SHA-1 type size size-in-packfile offset-in-packfile depth base-SHA-1
  48
  49 for objects that are deltified.
  50
  51 GIT
  52 ---
  53 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite