Re: Corruption in the repository

From: Sylvestre Ledru <sylvestre.ledru@scilab.org>
Date: Dec 13, 2010, 16:47 UTC
Message-ID: <1292258845.25237.27680.camel@korcula.inria.fr>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimD6+CHofhbKvBPjHpcNUNusHOCHSQe+-J1ZA4F@mail.gmail.com>

Le lundi 13 décembre 2010 à 17:34 +0100, Christian Couder a écrit :

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> Hi,
> 
> On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 4:59 PM, Sylvestre Ledru
> <sylvestre.ledru@scilab.org> wrote:
> > Hello guys,
> >
> > I have a small problem with a git repository and I haven't find a way to
> > fix my problem.
> > I am using git with gerrit [1] as frontend (even if I don't think it is
> > related here).
> > For an unknown reason, the repository just became corrupted.
> >
> > When I try to clone the repository straight with the file system, the
> > following error is displayed:
> > error: refs/changes/98/398/1 does not point to a valid object!
> > error: refs/changes/98/398/2 does not point to a valid object!
> > fatal: object cff52c24fba28408e7d021a8f35a717bef31521d is corrupted
> > fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly
> >
> > git-prune & git-fsck both fail.
> >
> > Does anyone know how to repair this error ?
> 
> Did you try what the FAQ suggests:
> 
> https://git.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/GitFaq#How_to_fix_a_broken_repository.3F

Yes. It shows an other error and it doesn't match the error described on this URL [1].

I get the following: error: refs/tags/5.3.0-beta-4 does not point to a valid object! fatal: object 555a7c359b2e589ec10822d9b56cdfeee0105fe0 is corrupted

Sylvestre

[1] $ git fsck --full

> broken link from    tree 2d9263c6d23595e7cb2a21e5ebbb53655278dff8
>              to    blob 4b9458b3786228369c63936db65827de3cc06200
> missing blob 4b9458b3786228369c63936db65827de3cc06200