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Safe way to remove .temp objects?

Subject: Safe way to remove .temp objects?

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4 messages between Jan 26, 2006 and Jan 27, 2006.

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Erik Mouw· Jan 26, 2006, 09:35 UTC · lore

Hi,

After a git repack, git count-objects reports there are still 20 objects in the repository. It looks like those are temp objects:

  erik@arthur:~/git/linux-2.6 > ls .git/objects/??/
  .git/objects/14/:
  d6545767f5103b5ef4702bc8fffa18dbe32ce1.temp

  .git/objects/1a/:
  d37b580be4215f1b0927b7560f5e8b8d1bc0fa.temp

  [...]

Is there a git command to remove those objects in a safe way, or can I just rm them without "harming" git??

Erik

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Andreas Ericsson· Jan 26, 2006, 11:18 UTC · re: Erik Mouw · lore

Re: Safe way to remove .temp objects?

Erik Mouw wrote:

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> Hi,
> 
> After a git repack, git count-objects reports there are still 20
> objects in the repository. It looks like those are temp objects:
> 
>   erik@arthur:~/git/linux-2.6 > ls .git/objects/??/
>   .git/objects/14/:
>   d6545767f5103b5ef4702bc8fffa18dbe32ce1.temp
> 
>   .git/objects/1a/:
>   d37b580be4215f1b0927b7560f5e8b8d1bc0fa.temp
> 
>   [...]
> 
> Is there a git command to remove those objects in a safe way, or can I
> just rm them without "harming" git??
> 
>

	$ git prune-packed

When you repack, you can run

	$ git repack -d

to remove loose objects when you're done packing.

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Junio C Hamano· Jan 26, 2006, 12:24 UTC · re: Andreas Ericsson · lore

Re: Safe way to remove .temp objects?

Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se> writes:

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> Erik Mouw wrote:
>> Hi,
>> After a git repack, git count-objects reports there are still 20
>> objects in the repository. It looks like those are temp objects:
>>   erik@arthur:~/git/linux-2.6 > ls .git/objects/??/
>>   .git/objects/14/:
>>   d6545767f5103b5ef4702bc8fffa18dbe32ce1.temp
>>   .git/objects/1a/:
>>   d37b580be4215f1b0927b7560f5e8b8d1bc0fa.temp
>>   [...]
>> Is there a git command to remove those objects in a safe way, or can
>> I
>> just rm them without "harming" git??
>>
>
> 	$ git prune-packed
>
> When you repack, you can run
>
> 	$ git repack -d
>
> to remove loose objects when you're done packing.

What is being asked is not about loose objects but droppings commit walkers make when interrupted.

I think *.temp files are garbage and you can safely remove them. They are not even correct objects.

Erik Mouw· Jan 27, 2006, 10:14 UTC · re: Junio C Hamano · lore

Re: Safe way to remove .temp objects?

On Thu, Jan 26, 2006 at 04:24:06AM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> What is being asked is not about loose objects but droppings
> commit walkers make when interrupted.

That's indeed what I meant.

> I think *.temp files are garbage and you can safely remove
> them.  They are not even correct objects.

It looks like it was safe to remove, all git commands I tried just work.

Thanks,

Erik

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