# Re: git fsck messages - what to do about it? 2 messages from 2005-09-16 to 2005-10-31. Participants: Horst von Brand. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/1830 ## Horst von Brand, 2005-09-16 19:37 Subject: Re: git fsck messages - what to do about it? Message-ID: <200509161937.j8GJbv62018950@inti.inf.utfsm.cl> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/200509161937.j8GJbv62018950%40inti.inf.utfsm.cl In-Reply-To: ``` Wolfgang Denk wrote: > When running git fsck I get some messages: > > -> git-fsck-cache --unreachable $(cat .git/HEAD .git/refs/heads/*) > unreachable commit 08cf4121ad704faa5ae7c7ae7b3dca4476ef2770 > unreachable tree 29a4c18afd958cc6cee938f0fe7fa59764418097 [...] > I have to admit that I don't know what to do next... > > a) I understand that these messages are indications of problems, > right? What can I do to clean this up? One of the nits I'd like to pick is that git-fsck does only check, not (like its filesystem counterparts) fix the problems it finds. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 797513 ``` ## Horst von Brand, 2005-10-31 03:21 Subject: Re: GIT 0.99.9 Message-ID: <200510310321.j9V3LUlc017194@inti.inf.utfsm.cl> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/200510310321.j9V3LUlc017194%40inti.inf.utfsm.cl In-Reply-To: ``` Wolfgang Denk wrote: > In message <7vvezesyhi.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> you wrote: > > I hate it when somebody tells me "it works for me", but I cannot > > help you here, sorry. I'm no rpm expert and the "make rpm" rule > > seems to work for me. > Which environment (Linux distribution) did you test this on? I tried > Fedora Core 2 and 4, both with the same result. I get the same > problem when building from the git source tree or when using the > source RPM. In Fedora rawhide it works (I've got asciidoc installed, and git locally in my account). -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 797513 ```