6 git-fsck-objects - Verifies the connectivity and validity of the objects in the database
11 'git-fsck-objects' [--tags] [--root] [--unreachable] [--cache] [--standalone | --full] [--strict] [<object>*]
15 Verifies the connectivity and validity of the objects in the database.
20 An object to treat as the head of an unreachability trace.
22 If no objects are given, git-fsck-objects defaults to using the
23 index file and all SHA1 references in .git/refs/* as heads.
26 Print out objects that exist but that aren't readable from any
27 of the reference nodes.
36 Consider any object recorded in the index also as a head node for
37 an unreachability trace.
40 Limit checks to the contents of GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY
41 ($GIT_DIR/objects), making sure that it is consistent and
42 complete without referring to objects found in alternate
43 object pools listed in GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES,
44 nor packed git archives found in $GIT_DIR/objects/pack;
45 cannot be used with --full.
48 Check not just objects in GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY
49 ($GIT_DIR/objects), but also the ones found in alternate
50 object pools listed in GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES,
51 and in packed git archives found in $GIT_DIR/objects/pack
52 and corresponding pack subdirectories in alternate
53 object pools; cannot be used with --standalone.
56 Enable more strict checking, namely to catch a file mode
57 recorded with g+w bit set, which was created by older
58 versions of git. Existing repositories, including the
59 Linux kernel, git itself, and sparse repository have old
60 objects that triggers this check, but it is recommended
61 to check new projects with this flag.
63 It tests SHA1 and general object sanity, and it does full tracking of
64 the resulting reachability and everything else. It prints out any
65 corruption it finds (missing or bad objects), and if you use the
66 '--unreachable' flag it will also print out objects that exist but
67 that aren't readable from any of the specified head nodes.
71 git-fsck-objects --unreachable HEAD $(cat .git/refs/heads/*)
73 will do quite a _lot_ of verification on the tree. There are a few
74 extra validity tests to be added (make sure that tree objects are
75 sorted properly etc), but on the whole if "git-fsck-objects" is happy, you
78 Any corrupt objects you will have to find in backups or other archives
79 (ie you can just remove them and do an "rsync" with some other site in
80 the hopes that somebody else has the object you have corrupted).
82 Of course, "valid tree" doesn't mean that it wasn't generated by some
83 evil person, and the end result might be crap. git is a revision
84 tracking system, not a quality assurance system ;)
89 expect dangling commits - potential heads - due to lack of head information::
90 You haven't specified any nodes as heads so it won't be
91 possible to differentiate between un-parented commits and
94 missing sha1 directory '<dir>'::
95 The directory holding the sha1 objects is missing.
97 unreachable <type> <object>::
98 The <type> object <object>, isn't actually referred to directly
99 or indirectly in any of the trees or commits seen. This can
100 mean that there's another root node that you're not specifying
101 or that the tree is corrupt. If you haven't missed a root node
102 then you might as well delete unreachable nodes since they
105 missing <type> <object>::
106 The <type> object <object>, is referred to but isn't present in
109 dangling <type> <object>::
110 The <type> object <object>, is present in the database but never
111 'directly' used. A dangling commit could be a root node.
113 warning: git-fsck-objects: tree <tree> has full pathnames in it::
116 sha1 mismatch <object>::
117 The database has an object who's sha1 doesn't match the
119 This indicates a serious data integrity problem.
121 Environment Variables
122 ---------------------
124 GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY::
125 used to specify the object database root (usually $GIT_DIR/objects)
128 used to specify the index file of the index
130 GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES::
131 used to specify additional object database roots (usually unset)
135 Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
139 Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
143 Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite