# orphan blob or what? 6 messages from 2012-11-09 to 2012-11-11. Participants: bruce, Tomas Carnecky, Robertson, Bruce E. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/32044 ## bruce, 2012-11-09 00:24 Subject: orphan blob or what? Message-ID: <87a9urlj23.fsf@intel.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/87a9urlj23.fsf%40intel.com ``` In today's and older clones of https://github.com/mirrors/linux.git I find this object, 6fa98ea0ae40f9a38256f11e5dc270363f785aee, that I can't figure out how to eliminate^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^hget rid of. I don't see it in 'git fsck', 'git gc --aggressive --prune' doesn't seem to prune it, can't see it via 'git log'. And yet linux/.git/objects/pack$ git verify-pack -v *.idx | grep 6fa98ea0ae40f9a38256f11e5dc270363f785aee 6fa98ea0ae40f9a38256f11e5dc270363f785aee blob 1519697 124840 515299673 8231eaa31ce1107c1463deb6ec33f61618aedbb9 blob 67 63 515424513 1 6fa98ea0ae40f9a38256f11e5dc270363f785aee f21a8c1b9d47736fa4e27def66f04b9fe2b4bc53 blob 90 83 515424576 1 6fa98ea0ae40f9a38256f11e5dc270363f785aee Thanks, bruce ``` ## Tomas Carnecky, 2012-11-09 01:08 Subject: Re: orphan blob or what? Message-ID: <1352423287-ner-8337@calvin> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1352423287-ner-8337%40calvin In-Reply-To: <87a9urlj23.fsf@intel.com> ``` On Thu, 08 Nov 2012 16:24:36 -0800, bruce wrote: > In today's and older clones of https://github.com/mirrors/linux.git I > find this object, 6fa98ea0ae40f9a38256f11e5dc270363f785aee, that I can't > figure out how to eliminate^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^hget rid of. I don't see it > in 'git fsck', 'git gc --aggressive --prune' doesn't seem to prune it, > can't see it via 'git log'. And yet > > linux/.git/objects/pack$ git verify-pack -v *.idx | grep 6fa98ea0ae40f9a38256f11e5dc270363f785aee > 6fa98ea0ae40f9a38256f11e5dc270363f785aee blob 1519697 124840 515299673 > 8231eaa31ce1107c1463deb6ec33f61618aedbb9 blob 67 63 515424513 1 6fa98ea0ae40f9a38256f11e5dc270363f785aee > f21a8c1b9d47736fa4e27def66f04b9fe2b4bc53 blob 90 83 515424576 1 6fa98ea0ae40f9a38256f11e5dc270363f785aee Commit dee0bb9 (ASoC: Mark WM8962 Additional Control 4 register as volatile, 2010-09-29) references this blob. ``` ## Robertson, Bruce E, 2012-11-09 06:23 Subject: RE: orphan blob or what? Message-ID: <83A029C68381A840ACDE22C814EE27492247BBB5@ORSMSX101.amr.corp.intel.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/83A029C68381A840ACDE22C814EE27492247BBB5%40ORSMSX101.amr.corp.intel.com In-Reply-To: <87a9urlj23.fsf@intel.com> ``` Please excuse one inaccuracy: I did a 'git pull' not a clone. So it could be an old .idx file at my end possibly. Thanks, bruce -----Original Message----- From: Robertson, Bruce E Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2012 4:25 PM To: git@vger.kernel.org Subject: orphan blob or what? In today's and older clones of https://github.com/mirrors/linux.git I find this object, 6fa98ea0ae40f9a38256f11e5dc270363f785aee, that I can't figure out how to eliminate^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^hget rid of. I don't see it in 'git fsck', 'git gc --aggressive --prune' doesn't seem to prune it, can't see it via 'git log'. And yet linux/.git/objects/pack$ git verify-pack -v *.idx | grep 6fa98ea0ae40f9a38256f11e5dc270363f785aee 6fa98ea0ae40f9a38256f11e5dc270363f785aee blob 1519697 124840 515299673 8231eaa31ce1107c1463deb6ec33f61618aedbb9 blob 67 63 515424513 1 6fa98ea0ae40f9a38256f11e5dc270363f785aee f21a8c1b9d47736fa4e27def66f04b9fe2b4bc53 blob 90 83 515424576 1 6fa98ea0ae40f9a38256f11e5dc270363f785aee Thanks, bruce ``` ## bruce, 2012-11-09 19:37 Subject: Re: orphan blob or what? Message-ID: <87625elg9r.fsf@intel.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/87625elg9r.fsf%40intel.com In-Reply-To: <1352423287-ner-8337@calvin> ``` Tomas Carnecky writes: Just idiocy on my part. Thanks. > On Thu, 08 Nov 2012 16:24:36 -0800, bruce wrote: >> In today's and older clones of https://github.com/mirrors/linux.git I >> find this object, 6fa98ea0ae40f9a38256f11e5dc270363f785aee, that I can't >> figure out how to eliminate^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^hget rid of. I don't see it >> in 'git fsck', 'git gc --aggressive --prune' doesn't seem to prune it, >> can't see it via 'git log'. And yet >> >> linux/.git/objects/pack$ git verify-pack -v *.idx | grep 6fa98ea0ae40f9a38256f11e5dc270363f785aee >> 6fa98ea0ae40f9a38256f11e5dc270363f785aee blob 1519697 124840 515299673 >> 8231eaa31ce1107c1463deb6ec33f61618aedbb9 blob 67 63 515424513 1 6fa98ea0ae40f9a38256f11e5dc270363f785aee >> f21a8c1b9d47736fa4e27def66f04b9fe2b4bc53 blob 90 83 515424576 1 6fa98ea0ae40f9a38256f11e5dc270363f785aee > > Commit dee0bb9 (ASoC: Mark WM8962 Additional Control 4 register as volatile, > 2010-09-29) references this blob. ``` ## Tomas Carnecky, 2012-11-09 21:41 Subject: Re: orphan blob or what? Message-ID: <1352497275-ner-6808@calvin> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1352497275-ner-6808%40calvin In-Reply-To: <87625elg9r.fsf@intel.com> ``` On Fri, 09 Nov 2012 11:37:04 -0800, bruce wrote: > Tomas Carnecky writes: > > Just idiocy on my part. Thanks. > > > On Thu, 08 Nov 2012 16:24:36 -0800, bruce wrote: > >> In today's and older clones of https://github.com/mirrors/linux.git I > >> find this object, 6fa98ea0ae40f9a38256f11e5dc270363f785aee, that I can't > >> figure out how to eliminate^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^hget rid of. I don't see it > >> in 'git fsck', 'git gc --aggressive --prune' doesn't seem to prune it, > >> can't see it via 'git log'. And yet > >> > >> linux/.git/objects/pack$ git verify-pack -v *.idx | grep 6fa98ea0ae40f9a38256f11e5dc270363f785aee > >> 6fa98ea0ae40f9a38256f11e5dc270363f785aee blob 1519697 124840 515299673 > >> 8231eaa31ce1107c1463deb6ec33f61618aedbb9 blob 67 63 515424513 1 6fa98ea0ae40f9a38256f11e5dc270363f785aee > >> f21a8c1b9d47736fa4e27def66f04b9fe2b4bc53 blob 90 83 515424576 1 6fa98ea0ae40f9a38256f11e5dc270363f785aee > > > > Commit dee0bb9 (ASoC: Mark WM8962 Additional Control 4 register as volatile, > > 2010-09-29) references this blob. It wasn't easy to find the commit. First I figured out at which path that file was stored. Using git log -S'wm8962_reg[WM8962_MAX_REGISTER + 1]' I quickly determined that the file was somewhere in sound/, more specifically sound/soc/codecs/wm8962-tables.c. However a 'git log -- sound/soc/codecs/wm8962-tables.c' did not show any commit. That was strange, because 'git log -S'WM8962_MAX_REGISTER + 1' --name-status -- sound/soc/codecs/' clearly shows that the file existed at some point in the past. The commit is hidden from a simple 'git log' due to 'History Simplification'. See the git-log man page. I added --full-history -p to the log command, and searched in the pager for '6fa98e'. That revealed the commit which references that blob: git log --full-history -p -- sound/soc/codecs/wm8962-tables.c ``` ## bruce, 2012-11-11 00:32 Subject: Re: orphan blob or what? Message-ID: <871ug1kmil.fsf@intel.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/871ug1kmil.fsf%40intel.com In-Reply-To: <1352497275-ner-6808@calvin> ``` Tomas Carnecky writes: > On Fri, 09 Nov 2012 11:37:04 -0800, bruce wrote: >> Tomas Carnecky writes: >> >> Just idiocy on my part. Thanks. >> >> > On Thu, 08 Nov 2012 16:24:36 -0800, bruce wrote: >> >> In today's and older clones of https://github.com/mirrors/linux.git I >> >> find this object, 6fa98ea0ae40f9a38256f11e5dc270363f785aee, that I can't >> >> figure out how to eliminate^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^hget rid of. I don't see it >> >> in 'git fsck', 'git gc --aggressive --prune' doesn't seem to prune it, >> >> can't see it via 'git log'. And yet >> >> >> >> linux/.git/objects/pack$ git verify-pack -v *.idx | grep 6fa98ea0ae40f9a38256f11e5dc270363f785aee >> >> 6fa98ea0ae40f9a38256f11e5dc270363f785aee blob 1519697 124840 515299673 >> >> 8231eaa31ce1107c1463deb6ec33f61618aedbb9 blob 67 63 515424513 1 6fa98ea0ae40f9a38256f11e5dc270363f785aee >> >> f21a8c1b9d47736fa4e27def66f04b9fe2b4bc53 blob 90 83 515424576 1 6fa98ea0ae40f9a38256f11e5dc270363f785aee >> > >> > Commit dee0bb9 (ASoC: Mark WM8962 Additional Control 4 register as volatile, >> > 2010-09-29) references this blob. > > It wasn't easy to find the commit. First I figured out at which path that file > was stored. Using git log -S'wm8962_reg[WM8962_MAX_REGISTER + 1]' I quickly > determined that the file was somewhere in sound/, more specifically > sound/soc/codecs/wm8962-tables.c. However a 'git log -- > sound/soc/codecs/wm8962-tables.c' did not show any commit. That was strange, > because 'git log -S'WM8962_MAX_REGISTER + 1' --name-status -- > sound/soc/codecs/' clearly shows that the file existed at some point in the > past. The commit is hidden from a simple 'git log' due to 'History > Simplification'. See the git-log man page. I added --full-history -p to the log > command, and searched in the pager for '6fa98e'. That revealed the commit which > references that blob: > > git log --full-history -p -- sound/soc/codecs/wm8962-tables.c Thanks very much for the elucidation. I really must RTFMs. Only 44.786 Kib lines. Porcelain (mostly) first. I just can't eliminate the reading I need to do. FWIW, I was somewhat perplexed by searching for c969f19f8fd17e600a16fe91aab66d86936cce0a in 'gitk -all'. It doesn't find it BUT if I use --select-commit=c969f19f8fd17e600a16fe91aab66d86936cce0a then positions to it. If I position away again it again can't find it. Bother! BTW, this was all occasioned by looking for unused large packed blobs as an educational exercise. Thanks again, Bruce ```