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Re: git fsck not identifying corrupted packs

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GGGabor Gombas <gombasg@sztaki.hu>
Date
Oct 19, 2009, 18:36 UTC
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<20091019183655.GC3630@boogie.lpds.sztaki.hu>
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On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 11:11:33AM +0200, Johannes Sixt wrote:
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> > Is there a means to have fsck to a truly full check on the sanity of a repo?
> 
> git fsck --full
> 
> RTFM, please.

That still does not catch everything. About a week ago I wanted to check out a branch in a local repo and I got an error that it was corrupt. But "git fsck --full" only complained about some dangling objects, it did not notice the corruption. I used git version 1.6.4.3 (Debian unstable at that time). It would be nice to have a "git fsck --i-really-want-to-check-everything".

Gabor
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Message 21 of 21 in “git fsck not identifying corrupted packs”
  1. Sergio CallegariOct 19, 2009
  2. Johannes SixtOct 19, 2009
  3. Johannes SchindelinOct 19, 2009
  4. Junio C HamanoOct 19, 2009
  5. Wesley J. LandakerOct 19, 2009
  6. Robin RosenbergOct 20, 2009
  7. Wesley J. LandakerOct 20, 2009
  8. Matthieu MoyOct 20, 2009
  9. Junio C HamanoOct 20, 2009
  10. Alex RiesenOct 20, 2009
  11. Johannes SchindelinOct 20, 2009
  12. Matthieu MoyOct 20, 2009
  13. fsck: default to "git fsck --full"Junio C Hamano, Oct 20, 2009
  14. Nicolas PitreOct 20, 2009
  15. Junio C HamanoOct 20, 2009
  16. Nicolas PitreOct 20, 2009
  17. Alex RiesenOct 20, 2009
  18. Sergio CallegariOct 19, 2009
  19. Wesley J. LandakerOct 19, 2009
  20. Matthieu MoyOct 20, 2009
  21. Gabor GombasOct 19, 2009

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