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

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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Aug 8, 2008, 16:48 UTC
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<alpine.DEB.1.00.0808081841290.24820@pacific.mpi-cbg.de.mpi-cbg.de>
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Hi,
On Fri, 8 Aug 2008, Pieter de Bie wrote:
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> On 8 aug 2008, at 18:19, Shawn O. Pearce wrote:
> 
> >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.
> 
> Even with the -r switch?
> 
>       -r     When unpacking a corrupt packfile, the command dies at the first
>       corruption. This flag tells it to keep going and make
>              the best effort to recover as many objects as possible.

In any case, the pack is too large for me to let my computer repack everything, when only one object needs repacking.

Ciao, Dscho

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Message 13 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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