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Re: Recovering from repository corruption

From
Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>
Date
Jun 10, 2008, 19:40 UTC
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On Tue, 10 Jun 2008, Denis Bueno wrote:
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> I started a thread a while back about repository corruption.  It
> manifested as a clone error and the thread is here:
> 
>     http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/git/2007/7/31/253475
> 
> I just ran, again, into corruption after my laptop kernel-panic'd.
> (Ironically, at the moment I ran into the corruption I was trying to
> push my repo to a backup location.)  Since that thread took place it
> seems a section about recovering from repo corruption was added to the
> manual --- but it assumes you can (or care to painstakingly) recreate
> each corrupted version.

Would you happen, by chance, to have another instance of that repository somewhere else with the concerned objects in it?

Nicolas
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  1. Denis BuenoJun 10, 2008
  2. Jakub NarebskiJun 10, 2008
  3. Denis BuenoJun 10, 2008
  4. Jakub NarebskiJun 10, 2008
  5. Denis BuenoJun 10, 2008
  6. Jakub NarebskiJun 10, 2008
  7. Denis BuenoJun 10, 2008
  8. Linus TorvaldsJun 10, 2008
  9. Denis BuenoJun 10, 2008
  10. Linus TorvaldsJun 10, 2008
  11. Denis BuenoJun 10, 2008
  12. Linus TorvaldsJun 10, 2008
  13. Denis BuenoJun 10, 2008
  14. TarmiganJun 10, 2008
  15. Denis BuenoJun 10, 2008
  16. Linus TorvaldsJun 10, 2008
  17. Linus TorvaldsJun 10, 2008
  18. Nicolas PitreJun 11, 2008
  19. Linus TorvaldsJun 11, 2008
  20. Nicolas PitreJun 11, 2008
  21. Denis BuenoJun 10, 2008
  22. Junio C HamanoJun 10, 2008
  23. To graft or not to graft... (Re: Recovering from repository corruption)Stephen R. van den Berg, Jun 11, 2008
  24. Jakub NarebskiJun 11, 2008
  25. Linus TorvaldsJun 11, 2008
  26. Johan HerlandJun 12, 2008
  27. Jeff KingJun 12, 2008
  28. Johan HerlandJun 12, 2008
  29. Stephen R. van den BergJun 12, 2008
  30. Nicolas PitreJun 10, 2008
  31. Denis BuenoJun 10, 2008

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