git-fsck-objects(1)
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-v0.1, May 2005
NAME
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<object>::
An object to treat as the head of an unreachability trace.
-
- If no objects are given, git-fsck-objects defaults to using the
- index file and all SHA1 references in .git/refs/* as heads.
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+If no objects are given, git-fsck-objects defaults to using the
+index file and all SHA1 references in .git/refs/* as heads.
--unreachable::
Print out objects that exist but that aren't readable from any
($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_DIR/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_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_DIR/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.
--strict::
Enable more strict checking, namely to catch a file mode
recorded with g+w bit set, which was created by older
- versions of GIT. Existing repositories, including the
- Linux kernel, GIT itself, and sparse repository have old
+ versions of git. Existing repositories, including the
+ Linux kernel, git itself, and sparse repository have old
objects that triggers this check, but it is recommended
to check new projects with this flag.
the hopes that somebody else has the object you have corrupted).
Of course, "valid tree" doesn't mean that it wasn't generated by some
-evil person, and the end result might be crap. Git is a revision
+evil person, and the end result might be crap. git is a revision
tracking system, not a quality assurance system ;)
Extracted Diagnostics
GIT_INDEX_FILE::
used to specify the index file of the cache
-GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES:
+GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES::
used to specify additional object database roots (usually unset)
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