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