Re: "git fsck" hanging (v1.7.3.2)

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

Hi Leo,

Leo Razoumov wrote:

> And then it sits there spinning CPU (99%) and nothing happening for
> over a minute or so and then it proceeds to conclusion. The whole
> thing takes about 2 minutes
> 
> ~/git-1.7.3.2> time git fsck
> git fsck  98.27s user 2.78s system 98% cpu 1:42.48 total
> 
> I previously compiled git-1.6.5.8 in exactly the same way on the same
> system and had no problems of any kind.
> "git fsck" was completing in seconds even for large repos.

You are right --- there was a significant change in fsck 1.6.6:

Notes on behaviour change [1]
-------------------------

 * In this release, "git fsck" defaults to "git fsck --full" and
   checks packfiles, and because of this it will take much longer to
   complete than before.  If you prefer a quicker check only on loose
   objects (the old default), you can say "git fsck --no-full".  This
   has been supported by 1.5.4 and newer versions of git, so it is
   safe to write it in your script even if you use slightly older git
   on some of your machines.

Hope that helps.

[1] Documentation/RelNotes/1.6.6.txt