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