From: Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>
To: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: How to replace a single corrupt, packed object?
Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2008 21:43:40 -0400 (EDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.1.10.0808102139050.22892@xanadu.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0808081639490.24820@pacific.mpi-cbg.de.mpi-cbg.de>
[ sorry for the delay -- I just returned from vacation ]
On Fri, 8 Aug 2008, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> Hi,
>
> my auto gc kicked in, and shows this:
>
> fatal: corrupt packed object for 2c1e128aa51e3a64bd61556c0cd488628b423ccf
> error: failed to run repack
>
> Fortunately, I have the uncorrupted object somewhere else. So I copy the
> single object as a loose one, and all is fine. Right?
>
> Wrong.
Well, to be sure things are then right or wrong, just do a
git show 2c1e128aa51e3a64bd61556c0cd488628b423ccf
If you can't see the object before, and are able to see it once it has
been copied over, then things are "right".
> Repack still picks up the corrupt object instead of the good one. What's
> the best way out?
How do you repack? The only way to get rid of a corrupted object in
that case is to 'git repack -a -f'.
Nicolas
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-08-11 1:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-08-08 14:41 How to replace a single corrupt, packed object? Johannes Schindelin
2008-08-08 14:39 ` Shawn O. Pearce
2008-08-08 14:50 ` Johannes Schindelin
2008-08-08 15:21 ` Johannes Schindelin
2008-08-08 16:23 ` Shawn O. Pearce
2008-08-08 15:30 ` Pieter de Bie
2008-08-08 16:19 ` Shawn O. Pearce
[not found] ` <90E12BC7-1950-41DF-8BE5-C6B63CE060D9@ai.rug.nl>
2008-08-08 16:36 ` Shawn O. Pearce
2008-08-08 16:48 ` Johannes Schindelin
2008-08-11 2:55 ` Nicolas Pitre
2008-08-11 3:07 ` Shawn O. Pearce
2008-08-11 3:40 ` Nicolas Pitre
2008-08-11 3:46 ` Shawn O. Pearce
2008-08-11 18:59 ` Johannes Schindelin
2008-08-11 1:43 ` Nicolas Pitre [this message]
2008-09-15 14:05 ` Johannes Schindelin
2008-09-15 16:26 ` Nicolas Pitre
2008-09-15 16:34 ` Johannes Schindelin
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