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"git fsck" checks more objects than the ones available in the repository
With git 2.53.0, I get this new strange behavior:
git fsck --full --progress
Checking ref database: 100% (1/1), done.
Checking object directories: 100% (256/256), done.
Checking objects: 123% (46607/...
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git-filter-repo changes only apply to some but not all commits that edited during rewrite
I'm working on migrating my team repo from Bitbucket Server to GitHub but encountered problems with faulty commit data like the list below (result from running git fsck --full)
PS D:\Test\jee6.git> ...
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Recovering as much history as possible from corrupt git repository
I used photorec to recover zlib files from a disk image taken just after a git repository was deleted (instructions here). It recovered many (most?) but not all of the contents of the .git/objects ...
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git reset head --hard deleted local files
I'm not sure where to start. I'm a beginner at git and trying to get the lay of the land.
Today I was working on a project and did not commit. My last commit was yesterday. I got on my PC and decided ...
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How can I recover from "invalid sha1 pointer in resolve-undo" with git fsck?
I run git gc in a repository and get a fatal error:
Enumerating objects: 2382, done.
Counting objects: 100% (2382/2382), done.
Delta compression using up to 8 threads
Compressing objects: 100% (747/...
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understand how a commit is reachable [duplicate]
I deleted a branch and I was presuming that a certain commit (let's call it C) was no longer reachable. I was able to find the commit in question using git reflog. However, I am puzzled by the fact ...
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How do I use git-filter-repo to fix a bad date
I have a git repo that was converted from RCS via CVS many years ago. When I tried to push it to GitHub it was rejected because the initial two commits had bad dates:
$ git fsck
Checking object ...
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Only recovering LaTeX files with git fsck
I accidentally deleted a large number of LaTeX files by using git stash instead of git stash -u. I have recovered a bunch of them following the instructions here using the command:
git fsck --full --...
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git fsck : Cannot fix broken link
I cannot succeed fixing a git broken link.
Here is the context :
$ git pull
Auto packing the repository in background for optimum performance.
See "git help gc" for manual housekeeping.
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Are "dangling" and "loose" objects the same?
Git's fsck doc talks about "dangling" objects, while the gc doc talks only about "loose objects". There's a strict split.
But while skimming a few related SO posts, the terms seem ...
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git fsck combining --lost-found and --unreachable
I found many interesting posts about git fsck, so I wanted to experiment a little on them. First of all the sources I read before this question:
How can I find an unreachable commit hash in a GIT ...
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How to repair a damaged git repository
I executed rm -rf on my working directory and even I interrupted the command immediately execution, I've lost several repositories that were not pushed to the remote (yet). One particular important ...
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git fsck can't find dangling/unreachable commits
I have just reset --hard back by about 15 or so commits on a branch all the way back to first common parent with master, and deleted all other branches, tags etc on those 15 commits, confirming so ...
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unknown object type 0 at offset - all repo mirrors corrupted preventing filter-branch subdirectory-filter
1) Problem Description
I have several pack files saying unknown object type 0 at offset, and unlike 99% of posts on the web this isn't a local problem but appears in both remote and cloned repos.
2) ...
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How to resolve Git reporting invalid sha1 pointer 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000?
My computer shut down suddenly and now the Git repository of the project which I worked on is corrupt. I have Git 2.20.1 installed.
I immediately created a backup copy of the project folder to play ...
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How can I fix "bad date" issues in a git repository?
I recently tried to import a repository into GitHub (from Bitbucket) and the import was failing. GitHub tech support imformed me that they were seeing "bad date" issues in the repository and that I ...
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Broken local git repository with unpushed commits/files
I have the problem that I copied with an USB driver from my old machine to my new machine a git project. This git project has several commits I didn't push on git remote git repository.
During the ...
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git fsck segmentation faultrectories
I'm using git in Rubymine. After another commit I opened git push window and saw object file .git/object/55/4d...e6 is emptyunable to read .... instead of the commit name.
Running git fsck -full ...
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Git fsck --unreachable --lost-found does not save objects as files at the lost-found directory
I used fsck and found that I have some dangling objects, and more than that (in amount) unreachable objects.
fsck --lost-found does save the dangling objects as files at the lost-found directory, but ...
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git fatal - the remote hung up unexpectedly but not RPC or permission or broken pipe related message
I have seen many post here on SO about git fatal: the remote end hung up unexpectedly issue but none of them seem to be related to mine.
All posts about this error on here are related to RPC, ...
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How to check a Mercurial repository for consistency (checksums)?
Assume I recover a Mercurial repository from a broken file system (e.g. bad hard drive), and I want to be sure that this one was not affected.
How can I force a self-check in Mercurial? That is, ...
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Git repository broken by interrupted commit
I broke my local git repository by interrupting a git commit with Ctrl+C (two commits back).
How can I fix it ?
Output of git stash :
$ git stash
fatal: bad revision 'HEAD'
fatal: bad revision 'HEAD'...
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What are the dos and don'ts of custom objects and refs?
Let's say I want to write a small helper that allows to append some metadata to a repository in a way that can propagate to clones via refs. Simple example (a git-notes clone prototype that doesn't ...
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Ignore fsck / zero-padded file mode errors in "git clone"
I have the following settings in my global Git configuration:
[transfer]
fsckobjects = true
[fetch]
fsckobjects = true
[receive]
fsckobjects = true
These verify that all objects in the ...
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Git - remove missing blobs or trees
Is there a way to remove references to a missing blob or tree from the history? Here is the output of git fsck --full
broken link from tree 99fe1a9d46985ca21e88de53a7a290e2b1889722
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How can I filter the results of 'git fsck --unreachable'
I'm trying to look for unreachable commits that use certain file somefile.jsx, say. Can I do that? Or can I look for ones that contain a certain specific in one of the files? The deeper problem I have ...
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git server error: corrupt loose object on remote
I have an error in response to
git fsck --full
which is corrupt loose object '...'
on a git server machine.
I don't have a local repository. I can't clone. I don't have the object in repo/objects/.....
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How to restore a git reset --hard HEAD@{1} [duplicate]
I do a
git reset --hard HEAD@{1}
But I removed some things wrongly. I try solve it
git fsck −−lost-found
But it no found the "revert"
Thanks...
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Git status shows "fatal: bad object HEAD"
I have just done a git status and it's throwing the following error:
fatal: bad object HEAD
I have also tried git fsck which gives the following output:
Checking object directories: 100% (256/256), ...
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How to push a large git repository without launching a git pack-index command?
I know about this question. I already performed my local modifications, however it seem, the official git project perform agit fscklocally before pushing to origin.
C:\Cygwin\home\example\utils>...
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How to capture log of git fsck --full --verbose
How do I capture output of git fsck --full --verbose in a log file?
I tried with
git fsck --full --verbose > log
and
git fsck --full --verbose | tee log
but neither is working for me. What ...
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How to fix corrupted git repository - "git fsck" reports "warning in tree [hash]: contains entries pointing to null sha1"
Overview:
I am unable to successfully pull changes in our repo to our production server.
Running "git fsck" on my repo returned 5 instances of the same error:
warning in tree [hash]: contains ...
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How can I recover HEAD^'S tree?
tl;dr: is it possible to recover HEAD^'s tree if it is deleted and not pushed beforehand and if everything else is intact?
I accidentally deleted part of my .git. I'm not entirely sure what's missing....
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Git to Mercurial conversion fails because of bad file
I'm trying to convert a git repository to mercurial. Partway through it fails with the following error:
$ hg convert --datesort git-repo hg-repo
initializing destination hg-repo repository
scanning ...
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How to find the first commit introducing a specific tree?
Given the following git fsck output
$ git fsck --strict --no-dangling
Checking object directories: 100% (256/256), done.
error in tree deadbeefabad1dea38efe0a776ce5ac0b98b3d6c: not properly sorted
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Undo git rm -r f (ambiguous argument 'HEAD') before first commit
I did a git rm -r -f on an ENTIRE directory in a new repo before I had ever committed. I had no branches.
I tried the answers on Stack Overflow, but none helped. I tried this:
git reset --hard HEAD
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What does git fsck stand for?
What is the meaning in behind the fsck command name?
The documentation of the command does not seem to mention what the name stands for.
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What is a dangling commit and a blob in a Git repository and where do they come from?
I'm looking for the basic information on dangling commits and blobs.
My repository seems fine. But I ran git fsck for the first time to see what it did and I have a long list of 'dangling blobs' and a ...
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Recover staged but not committed files after 'git rm -rf'
On my local machine I removed files from folder.
git init
git add --all
then I wrote (don't ask me, why! :) )
git rm -rf
I don't commit, yet. Now I have empty folders in my project. In .git folder ...
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