From: Junio C Hamano Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 01:55:18 +0000 (-0700) Subject: Document --strict flag to the fsck-cache command. X-Git-Tag: v0.99.3~47 X-Git-Url: https://git.lorimer.id.au/gitweb.git/diff_plain/fb6a3d862137c3f77c387729395a0c558950437b?hp=64071805eda2b57d2b77943bb3f9865d90562ecf Document --strict flag to the fsck-cache command. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- diff --git a/Documentation/git-fsck-cache.txt b/Documentation/git-fsck-cache.txt index f1c18c10d8..aaec2de035 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fsck-cache.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fsck-cache.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-fsck-cache - Verifies the connectivity and validity of the objects in the da SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-fsck-cache' [--tags] [--root] [--unreachable] [--cache] [--standalone | --full] [*] +'git-fsck-cache' [--tags] [--root] [--unreachable] [--cache] [--standalone | --full] [--strict] [*] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -53,6 +53,14 @@ OPTIONS 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 + objects that triggers this check, but it is recommended + to check new projects with this flag. + It tests SHA1 and general object sanity, and it does full tracking of the resulting reachability and everything else. It prints out any corruption it finds (missing or bad objects), and if you use the diff --git a/fsck-cache.c b/fsck-cache.c index 6115514d4f..e40c64332f 100644 --- a/fsck-cache.c +++ b/fsck-cache.c @@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) continue; } if (*arg == '-') - usage("git-fsck-cache [--tags] [[--unreachable] [--cache] [--standalone | --full] *]"); + usage("git-fsck-cache [--tags] [--root] [[--unreachable] [--cache] [--standalone | --full] [--strict] *]"); } if (standalone && check_full)