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[verse]
'git-fsck' [--tags] [--root] [--unreachable] [--cache] [--no-reflogs]
- [--full] [--strict] [<object>*]
+ [--full] [--strict] [--verbose] [--lost-found] [<object>*]
DESCRIPTION
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An object to treat as the head of an unreachability trace.
+
If no objects are given, git-fsck defaults to using the
-index file and all SHA1 references in .git/refs/* as heads.
+index file, all SHA1 references in .git/refs/*, and all reflogs (unless
+--no-reflogs is given) as heads.
--unreachable::
Print out objects that exist but that aren't readable from any
objects that triggers this check, but it is recommended
to check new projects with this flag.
+--verbose::
+ Be chatty.
+
+--lost-found::
+ Write dangling objects into .git/lost-found/commit/ or
+ .git/lost-found/other/, depending on type. If the object is
+ a blob, the contents are written into the file, rather than
+ its object name.
+
It tests SHA1 and general object sanity, and it does full tracking of
the resulting reachability and everything else. It prints out any
corruption it finds (missing or bad objects), and if you use the
@@ -141,5 +151,4 @@ Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel
GIT
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-Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
-
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite