SYNOPSIS
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-'git-fsck-objects' [--tags] [--root] [--unreachable] [--cache] [--standalone | --full] [--strict] [<object>*]
+[verse]
+'git-fsck-objects' [--tags] [--root] [--unreachable] [--cache]
+ [--full] [--strict] [<object>*]
DESCRIPTION
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Report tags.
--cache::
- Consider any object recorded in the cache also as a head node for
+ Consider any object recorded in the index also as a head node for
an unreachability trace.
---standalone::
- Limit checks to the contents of GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY
- ($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 $GIT_DIR/objects/pack;
- cannot be used with --full.
-
--full::
Check not just objects in GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY
($GIT_DIR/objects), but also the ones found in alternate
- object pools listed in GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES,
+ object pools listed in GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES
+ or $GIT_DIR/objects/info/alternates,
and in packed git archives found in $GIT_DIR/objects/pack
and corresponding pack subdirectories in alternate
- object pools; cannot be used with --standalone.
+ object pools.
--strict::
Enable more strict checking, namely to catch a file mode
So for example
- git-fsck-objects --unreachable $(cat .git/HEAD .git/refs/heads/*)
+ git-fsck-objects --unreachable HEAD $(cat .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
used to specify the object database root (usually $GIT_DIR/objects)
GIT_INDEX_FILE::
- used to specify the index file of the cache
+ used to specify the index file of the index
GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES::
used to specify additional object database roots (usually unset)