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[PATCH 0/6] fsck --connectivity-check misses some corruption

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Jan 16, 2017, 21:22 UTC
Message-ID
<20170116212231.ojoqzlajpszifaf3@sigill.intra.peff.net>

I came across a repository today that was missing an object, and for which "git fsck" reported the error but "git fsck --connectivity-check" did not. It turns out that the shortcut taken by --connectivity-check violates some assumptions made by the rest of fsck (namely, that every object in the repo has a "struct object" loaded).

And fsck being a generally neglected tool, I couldn't help but find several more bugs on the way. :)

  [1/6]: t1450: clean up sub-objects in duplicate-entry test
  [2/6]: fsck: report trees as dangling
  [3/6]: fsck: prepare dummy objects for --connectivity-check
  [4/6]: fsck: tighten error-checks of "git fsck <head>"
  [5/6]: fsck: do not fallback "git fsck <bogus>" to "git fsck"
  [6/6]: fsck: check HAS_OBJ more consistently
 builtin/fsck.c  | 131 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
 t/t1450-fsck.sh |  70 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 171 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)
-Peff
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Message 1 of 15 in “fsck --connectivity-check misses some corruption”
  1. 0/6 fsck --connectivity-check misses some corruptionJeff King, Jan 16, 2017
  2. 1/6 t1450: clean up sub-objects in duplicate-entry testJeff King, Jan 16, 2017
  3. Junio C HamanoJan 17, 2017
  4. Jeff KingJan 17, 2017
  5. 2/6 fsck: report trees as danglingJeff King, Jan 16, 2017
  6. Junio C HamanoJan 17, 2017
  7. 5/6 fsck: do not fallback "git fsck <bogus>" to "git fsck"Jeff King, Jan 16, 2017
  8. 6/6 fsck: check HAS_OBJ more consistentlyJeff King, Jan 16, 2017
  9. 3/6 fsck: prepare dummy objects for --connectivity-checkJeff King, Jan 16, 2017
  10. Junio C HamanoJan 17, 2017
  11. Junio C HamanoJan 17, 2017
  12. Jeff KingJan 17, 2017
  13. 4/6 fsck: tighten error-checks of "git fsck <head>"Jeff King, Jan 16, 2017
  14. Junio C HamanoJan 17, 2017
  15. Jeff KingJan 16, 2017

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