From: Pieter de Bie <pdebie@ai.rug.nl>
Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:30:19 GMT
Subject: Re: How to replace a single corrupt, packed object?
Message-ID: <0BF03F86-8E4E-46D2-9B04-4385CEBD6902@ai.rug.nl>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0808081639490.24820@pacific.mpi-cbg.de.mpi-cbg.de>

On 8 aug 2008, at 16:41, Johannes Schindelin wrote:

> 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.
>
> Repack still picks up the corrupt object instead of the good one.   
> What's
> the best way out?

I don't know how to replace the object, but you can expand the pack,  
replace
the loose file, delete the old pack, and then create a new one, as  
also explained
in this thread:

	http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/40893/focus=40896

- Pieter