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1 git-fsck-cache(1)
2 =================
3 v0.1, May 2005
5 NAME
6 ----
7 git-fsck-cache - Verifies the connectivity and validity of the objects in the database
10 SYNOPSIS
11 --------
12 'git-fsck-cache' [--tags] [--root] [--unreachable] [--cache] [--standalone | --full] [<object>*]
14 DESCRIPTION
15 -----------
16 Verifies the connectivity and validity of the objects in the database.
18 OPTIONS
19 -------
20 <object>::
21 An object to treat as the head of an unreachability trace.
23 If no objects are given, git-fsck-cache defaults to using the
24 index file and all SHA1 references in .git/refs/* as heads.
26 --unreachable::
27 Print out objects that exist but that aren't readable from any
28 of the reference nodes.
30 --root::
31 Report root nodes.
33 --tags::
34 Report tags.
36 --cache::
37 Consider any object recorded in the cache also as a head node for
38 an unreachability trace.
40 --standalone::
41 Limit checks to the contents of GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY
42 (.git/objects), making sure that it is consistent and
43 complete without referring to objects found in alternate
44 object pools listed in GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES,
45 nor packed GIT archives found in .git/objects/pack;
46 cannot be used with --full.
48 --full::
49 Check not just objects in GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY
50 (.git/objects), but also the ones found in alternate
51 object pools listed in GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES,
52 and in packed GIT archives found in .git/objects/pack
53 and corresponding pack subdirectories in alternate
54 object pools; cannot be used with --standalone.
56 It tests SHA1 and general object sanity, and it does full tracking of
57 the resulting reachability and everything else. It prints out any
58 corruption it finds (missing or bad objects), and if you use the
59 '--unreachable' flag it will also print out objects that exist but
60 that aren't readable from any of the specified head nodes.
62 So for example
64 git-fsck-cache --unreachable $(cat .git/HEAD)
66 or, for Cogito users:
68 git-fsck-cache --unreachable $(cat .git/refs/heads/*)
70 will do quite a _lot_ of verification on the tree. There are a few
71 extra validity tests to be added (make sure that tree objects are
72 sorted properly etc), but on the whole if "git-fsck-cache" is happy, you
73 do have a valid tree.
75 Any corrupt objects you will have to find in backups or other archives
76 (ie you can just remove them and do an "rsync" with some other site in
77 the hopes that somebody else has the object you have corrupted).
79 Of course, "valid tree" doesn't mean that it wasn't generated by some
80 evil person, and the end result might be crap. Git is a revision
81 tracking system, not a quality assurance system ;)
83 Extracted Diagnostics
84 ---------------------
86 expect dangling commits - potential heads - due to lack of head information::
87 You haven't specified any nodes as heads so it won't be
88 possible to differentiate between un-parented commits and
89 root nodes.
91 missing sha1 directory '<dir>'::
92 The directory holding the sha1 objects is missing.
94 unreachable <type> <object>::
95 The <type> object <object>, isn't actually referred to directly
96 or indirectly in any of the trees or commits seen. This can
97 mean that there's another root node that you're not specifying
98 or that the tree is corrupt. If you haven't missed a root node
99 then you might as well delete unreachable nodes since they
100 can't be used.
102 missing <type> <object>::
103 The <type> object <object>, is referred to but isn't present in
104 the database.
106 dangling <type> <object>::
107 The <type> object <object>, is present in the database but never
108 'directly' used. A dangling commit could be a root node.
110 warning: git-fsck-cache: tree <tree> has full pathnames in it::
111 And it shouldn't...
113 sha1 mismatch <object>::
114 The database has an object who's sha1 doesn't match the
115 database value.
116 This indicates a serious data integrity problem.
117 (note: this error occured during early git development when
118 the database format changed.)
120 Environment Variables
121 ---------------------
123 GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY::
124 used to specify the object database root (usually .git/objects)
126 GIT_INDEX_FILE::
127 used to specify the cache
130 Author
131 ------
132 Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
134 Documentation
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136 Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
138 GIT
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140 Part of the link:git.html[git] suite