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Re: How to replace a single corrupt, packed object?

From
Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Date
Aug 8, 2008, 16:19 UTC
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<20080808161937.GC9152@spearce.org>
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Pieter de Bie <pdebie@ai.rug.nl> wrote:
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> On 8 aug 2008, at 16:41, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
>
>> fatal: corrupt packed object for  
>> 2c1e128aa51e3a64bd61556c0cd488628b423ccf
>> error: failed to run repack
>>
>> 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

I don't think that will work here. The unpack-objects process will fail when it finds this bad object, and everything after that in the pack file will be dropped on the floor and not get unpacked.

-- 
Shawn.
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Message 7 of 18 in “How to replace a single corrupt, packed object?”
  1. Johannes SchindelinAug 8, 2008
  2. Shawn O. PearceAug 8, 2008
  3. Johannes SchindelinAug 8, 2008
  4. Johannes SchindelinAug 8, 2008
  5. Shawn O. PearceAug 8, 2008
  6. Pieter de BieAug 8, 2008
  7. Shawn O. PearceAug 8, 2008
  8. Nicolas PitreAug 11, 2008
  9. Johannes SchindelinSep 15, 2008
  10. Nicolas PitreSep 15, 2008
  11. Johannes SchindelinSep 15, 2008
  12. Shawn O. PearceAug 8, 2008
  13. Johannes SchindelinAug 8, 2008
  14. Nicolas PitreAug 11, 2008
  15. Shawn O. PearceAug 11, 2008
  16. Nicolas PitreAug 11, 2008
  17. Shawn O. PearceAug 11, 2008
  18. Johannes SchindelinAug 11, 2008

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