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From: Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>
Subject: Re: How to replace a single corrupt, packed object?
Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2008 21:43:40 -0400 (EDT)
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[ 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