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diff --git a/Documentation/git-fsck.txt b/Documentation/git-fsck.txt index 5088783..5b82e46 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fsck.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fsck.txt @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ OPTIONS An object to treat as the head of an unreachability trace. + If no objects are given, 'git fsck' defaults to using the -index file, all SHA-1 references in `refs` namespace, and all reflogs +index file, all SHA-1 references in the `refs` namespace, and all reflogs (unless --no-reflogs is given) as heads. --unreachable:: @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ index file, all SHA-1 references in `refs` namespace, and all reflogs --connectivity-only:: Check only the connectivity of reachable objects, making sure that any objects referenced by a reachable tag, commit, or tree - is present. This speeds up the operation by avoiding reading + are present. This speeds up the operation by avoiding reading blobs entirely (though it does still check that referenced blobs exist). This will detect corruption in commits and trees, but not do any semantic checks (e.g., for format errors). Corruption @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ care about this output and want to speed it up further. recorded with g+w bit set, which was created by older versions of Git. Existing repositories, including the Linux kernel, Git itself, and sparse repository have old - objects that triggers this check, but it is recommended + objects that trigger this check, but it is recommended to check new projects with this flag. --verbose:: @@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ care about this output and want to speed it up further. CONFIGURATION ------------- +include::includes/cmd-config-section-all.txt[] + include::config/fsck.txt[] DISCUSSION @@ -150,6 +152,18 @@ hash mismatch <object>:: object database value. This indicates a serious data integrity problem. + +FSCK MESSAGES +------------- + +The following lists the types of errors `git fsck` detects and what +each error means, with their default severity. The severity of the +error, other than those that are marked as "(FATAL)", can be tweaked +by setting the corresponding `fsck.<msg-id>` configuration variable. + +include::fsck-msgids.txt[] + + Environment Variables --------------------- |