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   1git-verify-pack(1)
   2==================
   3
   4NAME
   5----
   6git-verify-pack - Validate packed git archive files
   7
   8
   9SYNOPSIS
  10--------
  11'git verify-pack' [-v|--verbose] [--] <pack>.idx ...
  12
  13
  14DESCRIPTION
  15-----------
  16Reads given idx file for packed git archive created with the
  17'git-pack-objects' command and verifies idx file and the
  18corresponding pack file.
  19
  20OPTIONS
  21-------
  22<pack>.idx ...::
  23        The idx files to verify.
  24
  25-v::
  26--verbose::
  27        After verifying the pack, show list of objects contained
  28        in the pack and a histogram of delta chain length.
  29
  30-s::
  31--stat-only::
  32        Do not verify the pack contents; only show the histogram of delta
  33        chain length.  With `--verbose`, list of objects is also shown.
  34
  35\--::
  36        Do not interpret any more arguments as options.
  37
  38OUTPUT FORMAT
  39-------------
  40When specifying the -v option the format used is:
  41
  42        SHA1 type size size-in-pack-file offset-in-packfile
  43
  44for objects that are not deltified in the pack, and
  45
  46        SHA1 type size size-in-packfile offset-in-packfile depth base-SHA1
  47
  48for objects that are deltified.
  49
  50Author
  51------
  52Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
  53
  54Documentation
  55--------------
  56Documentation by Junio C Hamano
  57
  58GIT
  59---
  60Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite