From: Shawn Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 01:21:54 GMT
Subject: Re: git-repack not removing files from $GIT_DIR/objects/[00-ff]
Message-ID: <20060717012154.GA27389@spearce.org>
In-Reply-To: <5A14AF34CFF8AD44A44891F7C9FF410507E43005@usahm236.amer.corp.eds.com>

"Post, Mark K" <mark.post@eds.com> wrote:
> I'm having a problem that just started occurring with git-repack not
> removing the files from $GIT_DIR/objects/*, and therefore not removing
> the directories, since they're not empty.  The command I'm using (as the
> git user) is this:
> GIT_DIR=/home/git/pub/scm/linux-2.6.git git-repack -a -d -l
> 
> This used to work, but then suddenly stopped working.  I ran an strace
> -f -F with this same command, and I don't see any attempt being made to
> unlink the files in $GIT_DIR/objects/*/, but I do see the rmdir commands
> failing because the directories are not empty.  All of the files in
> those directories are owned by git:git.

Try running `git-prune-packed` after git-repack.  git-repack doesn't
delete the loose objects.

I don't remember git-repack ever doing it either.

-- 
Shawn.