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@@ -3,11 +3,17 @@ From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: corrupt object on git-gc
Abstract: Some tricks to reconstruct blob objects in order to fix
a corrupted repository.
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+How to recover a corrupted blob object
+======================================
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------
On Fri, 9 Nov 2007, Yossi Leybovich wrote:
>
> Did not help still the repository look for this object?
> Any one know how can I track this object and understand which file is it
+-----------------------------------------------------------
So exactly *because* the SHA1 hash is cryptographically secure, the hash
itself doesn't actually tell you anything, in order to fix a corrupt
@@ -31,19 +37,23 @@ original object, so right now the corrupt object is useless, but it's very
interesting for the future, in the hope that you can re-create a
non-corrupt version.
+-----------------------------------------------------------
So:
> ib]$ mv .git/objects/4b/9458b3786228369c63936db65827de3cc06200 ../
+-----------------------------------------------------------
This is the right thing to do, although it's usually best to save it under
it's full SHA1 name (you just dropped the "4b" from the result ;).
Let's see what that tells us:
+-----------------------------------------------------------
> ib]$ git-fsck --full
> broken link from tree 2d9263c6d23595e7cb2a21e5ebbb53655278dff8
> to blob 4b9458b3786228369c63936db65827de3cc06200
> missing blob 4b9458b3786228369c63936db65827de3cc06200
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Ok, I removed the "dangling commit" messages, because they are just
messages about the fact that you probably have rebased etc, so they're not