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| author | Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> | 2006-09-03 22:55:54 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> | 2006-09-04 02:42:00 -0700 |
| commit | f986f2c830b24a0f56f2bf4b3f30353ca1e372a9 (patch) | |
| tree | c6bcc444c0bcd81b6a4844034bde1a1bdaff248a /Documentation/git-unpack-objects.txt | |
| parent | f2e609473cb4aeb3884b7dd57a3a652df4e5edcf (diff) | |
| download | git-f986f2c830b24a0f56f2bf4b3f30353ca1e372a9.tar.gz | |
unpack-objects desperately salvages objects from a corrupt pack
The command unpack-objects dies upon the first error. This is
probably considered a feature -- if a pack is corrupt, instead
of trying to extract from it and possibly risking to contaminate
a good repository with objects whose validity is dubious, we
should seek a good copy of the pack and retry. However, we may
not have any good copy anywhere. This implements the last
resort effort to extract what are salvageable from such a
corrupt pack.
This flag might have helped Sergio when recovering from a
corrupt pack. In my test, it managed to salvage 247 objects out
of a pack that had 251 objects but without it the command
stopped after extracting 73 objects.
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-unpack-objects.txt b/Documentation/git-unpack-objects.txt index c20b38b08a..415c09ba10 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-unpack-objects.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-unpack-objects.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-unpack-objects - Unpack objects from a packed archive SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-unpack-objects' [-n] [-q] <pack-file +'git-unpack-objects' [-n] [-q] [-r] <pack-file DESCRIPTION @@ -34,6 +34,12 @@ OPTIONS The command usually shows percentage progress. This flag suppresses it. +-r:: + When unpacking a corrupt packfile, the command dies at + the first corruption. This flag tells it to keep going + and make the best effort to salvage as many objects as + possible. + Author ------ |