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Re: git object-count differs between clones

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Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
Date
Feb 2, 2016, 16:09 UTC
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Andrew Martin <amartin@xes-inc.com> writes:
> I ran "git fsck" on both, which reported no problems. Moreover, I ran "git gc"
> and made sure there were no objects pending garbage collection,

It's not sufficient: you may have objects reachable from your reflog, hence not candidate for garbage collection. Since the reflog is not propagated, pushing + cloning will not transfer these objects if the reflog is the only way to reach them.

You may try expiring your reflog and "git gc" again.
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Matthieu Moy
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