--standalone::
Limit checks to the contents of GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY
- (.git/objects), making sure that it is consistent and
+ ($GIT_DIR/objects), making sure that it is consistent and
complete without referring to objects found in alternate
object pools listed in GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES,
- nor packed GIT archives found in .git/objects/pack;
+ nor packed GIT archives found in $GIT_DIR/objects/pack;
cannot be used with --full.
--full::
Check not just objects in GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY
- (.git/objects), but also the ones found in alternate
+ ($GIT_DIR/objects), but also the ones found in alternate
object pools listed in GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES,
- and in packed GIT archives found in .git/objects/pack
+ and in packed GIT archives found in $GIT_DIR/objects/pack
and corresponding pack subdirectories in alternate
object pools; cannot be used with --standalone.
So for example
- git-fsck-cache --unreachable $(cat .git/HEAD)
-
-or, for Cogito users:
-
- git-fsck-cache --unreachable $(cat .git/refs/heads/*)
+ git-fsck-cache --unreachable $(cat .git/HEAD .git/refs/heads/*)
will do quite a _lot_ of verification on the tree. There are a few
extra validity tests to be added (make sure that tree objects are
The database has an object who's sha1 doesn't match the
database value.
This indicates a serious data integrity problem.
- (note: this error occured during early git development when
- the database format changed.)
Environment Variables
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GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY::
- used to specify the object database root (usually .git/objects)
+ used to specify the object database root (usually $GIT_DIR/objects)
GIT_INDEX_FILE::
- used to specify the cache
+ used to specify the index file of the cache
+GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES:
+ used to specify additional object database roots (usually unset)
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