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

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Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>
Date
Aug 11, 2008, 01:43 UTC
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[ sorry for the delay -- I just returned from vacation ]
On Fri, 8 Aug 2008, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
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> Hi,
> 
> my auto gc kicked in, and shows this:
> 
> fatal: corrupt packed object for 2c1e128aa51e3a64bd61556c0cd488628b423ccf
> error: failed to run repack
> 
> Fortunately, I have the uncorrupted object somewhere else.  So I copy the 
> single object as a loose one, and all is fine.  Right?
> 
> Wrong.
Well, to be sure things are then right or wrong, just do a 
	git show 2c1e128aa51e3a64bd61556c0cd488628b423ccf

If you can't see the object before, and are able to see it once it has been copied over, then things are "right".

> Repack still picks up the corrupt object instead of the good one.  What's 
> the best way out?

How do you repack? The only way to get rid of a corrupted object in that case is to 'git repack -a -f'.

Nicolas
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  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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