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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rwxr-xr-x | Documentation/cmd-list.perl | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/core-intro.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/everyday.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-fsck-objects.txt | 128 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-fsck.txt | 139 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-pack-redundant.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-prune.txt | 2 |
7 files changed, 148 insertions, 131 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/cmd-list.perl b/Documentation/cmd-list.perl index 8244625..6dba8d8 100755 --- a/Documentation/cmd-list.perl +++ b/Documentation/cmd-list.perl @@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ git-fetch-pack synchingrepositories git-fmt-merge-msg purehelpers git-for-each-ref plumbinginterrogators git-format-patch mainporcelain -git-fsck-objects ancillaryinterrogators +git-fsck ancillaryinterrogators git-gc mainporcelain git-get-tar-commit-id ancillaryinterrogators git-grep mainporcelain diff --git a/Documentation/core-intro.txt b/Documentation/core-intro.txt index 0458dc3..abafefc 100644 --- a/Documentation/core-intro.txt +++ b/Documentation/core-intro.txt @@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ size> + <byte\0> + <binary object data>. The structured objects can further have their structure and connectivity to other objects verified. This is generally done with -the `git-fsck-objects` program, which generates a full dependency graph +the `git-fsck` program, which generates a full dependency graph of all objects, and verifies their internal consistency (in addition to just verifying their superficial consistency through the hash). diff --git a/Documentation/everyday.txt b/Documentation/everyday.txt index fbbbc92..08c61b1 100644 --- a/Documentation/everyday.txt +++ b/Documentation/everyday.txt @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Everybody uses these commands to maintain git repositories. * gitlink:git-init[1] or gitlink:git-clone[1] to create a new repository. - * gitlink:git-fsck-objects[1] to check the repository for errors. + * gitlink:git-fsck[1] to check the repository for errors. * gitlink:git-prune[1] to remove unused objects in the repository. @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Examples Check health and remove cruft.:: + ------------ -$ git fsck-objects <1> +$ git fsck <1> $ git count-objects <2> $ git repack <3> $ git gc <4> diff --git a/Documentation/git-fsck-objects.txt b/Documentation/git-fsck-objects.txt index d0af99d..f21061e 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fsck-objects.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fsck-objects.txt @@ -8,132 +8,10 @@ git-fsck-objects - Verifies the connectivity and validity of the objects in the SYNOPSIS -------- -[verse] -'git-fsck-objects' [--tags] [--root] [--unreachable] [--cache] - [--full] [--strict] [<object>*] +'git-fsck-objects' ... DESCRIPTION ----------- -Verifies the connectivity and validity of the objects in the database. - -OPTIONS -------- -<object>:: - An object to treat as the head of an unreachability trace. -+ -If no objects are given, git-fsck-objects defaults to using the -index file and all SHA1 references in .git/refs/* as heads. - ---unreachable:: - Print out objects that exist but that aren't readable from any - of the reference nodes. - ---root:: - Report root nodes. - ---tags:: - Report tags. - ---cache:: - Consider any object recorded in the index also as a head node for - an unreachability trace. - ---full:: - Check not just objects in GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY - ($GIT_DIR/objects), but also the ones found in alternate - object pools listed in GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES - or $GIT_DIR/objects/info/alternates, - and in packed git archives found in $GIT_DIR/objects/pack - and corresponding pack subdirectories in alternate - object pools. - ---strict:: - Enable more strict checking, namely to catch a file mode - 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 - to check new projects with this flag. - -It tests SHA1 and general object sanity, and it does full tracking of -the resulting reachability and everything else. It prints out any -corruption it finds (missing or bad objects), and if you use the -'--unreachable' flag it will also print out objects that exist but -that aren't readable from any of the specified head nodes. - -So for example - - git-fsck-objects --unreachable HEAD $(cat .git/refs/heads/*) - -will do quite a _lot_ of verification on the tree. There are a few -extra validity tests to be added (make sure that tree objects are -sorted properly etc), but on the whole if "git-fsck-objects" is happy, you -do have a valid tree. - -Any corrupt objects you will have to find in backups or other archives -(i.e., you can just remove them and do an "rsync" with some other site in -the hopes that somebody else has the object you have corrupted). - -Of course, "valid tree" doesn't mean that it wasn't generated by some -evil person, and the end result might be crap. git is a revision -tracking system, not a quality assurance system ;) - -Extracted Diagnostics ---------------------- - -expect dangling commits - potential heads - due to lack of head information:: - You haven't specified any nodes as heads so it won't be - possible to differentiate between un-parented commits and - root nodes. - -missing sha1 directory '<dir>':: - The directory holding the sha1 objects is missing. - -unreachable <type> <object>:: - The <type> object <object>, isn't actually referred to directly - or indirectly in any of the trees or commits seen. This can - mean that there's another root node that you're not specifying - or that the tree is corrupt. If you haven't missed a root node - then you might as well delete unreachable nodes since they - can't be used. - -missing <type> <object>:: - The <type> object <object>, is referred to but isn't present in - the database. - -dangling <type> <object>:: - The <type> object <object>, is present in the database but never - 'directly' used. A dangling commit could be a root node. - -warning: git-fsck-objects: tree <tree> has full pathnames in it:: - And it shouldn't... - -sha1 mismatch <object>:: - The database has an object who's sha1 doesn't match the - database value. - This indicates a serious data integrity problem. - -Environment Variables ---------------------- - -GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY:: - used to specify the object database root (usually $GIT_DIR/objects) - -GIT_INDEX_FILE:: - used to specify the index file of the index - -GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES:: - used to specify additional object database roots (usually unset) - -Author ------- -Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - -GIT ---- -Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite +This is a synonym for gitlink:git-fsck[1]. Please refer to the +documentation of that command. diff --git a/Documentation/git-fsck.txt b/Documentation/git-fsck.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..058009d --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/git-fsck.txt @@ -0,0 +1,139 @@ +git-fsck(1) +=========== + +NAME +---- +git-fsck - Verifies the connectivity and validity of the objects in the database + + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +[verse] +'git-fsck' [--tags] [--root] [--unreachable] [--cache] + [--full] [--strict] [<object>*] + +DESCRIPTION +----------- +Verifies the connectivity and validity of the objects in the database. + +OPTIONS +------- +<object>:: + An object to treat as the head of an unreachability trace. ++ +If no objects are given, git-fsck defaults to using the +index file and all SHA1 references in .git/refs/* as heads. + +--unreachable:: + Print out objects that exist but that aren't readable from any + of the reference nodes. + +--root:: + Report root nodes. + +--tags:: + Report tags. + +--cache:: + Consider any object recorded in the index also as a head node for + an unreachability trace. + +--full:: + Check not just objects in GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY + ($GIT_DIR/objects), but also the ones found in alternate + object pools listed in GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES + or $GIT_DIR/objects/info/alternates, + and in packed git archives found in $GIT_DIR/objects/pack + and corresponding pack subdirectories in alternate + object pools. + +--strict:: + Enable more strict checking, namely to catch a file mode + 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 + to check new projects with this flag. + +It tests SHA1 and general object sanity, and it does full tracking of +the resulting reachability and everything else. It prints out any +corruption it finds (missing or bad objects), and if you use the +'--unreachable' flag it will also print out objects that exist but +that aren't readable from any of the specified head nodes. + +So for example + + git-fsck --unreachable HEAD $(cat .git/refs/heads/*) + +will do quite a _lot_ of verification on the tree. There are a few +extra validity tests to be added (make sure that tree objects are +sorted properly etc), but on the whole if "git-fsck" is happy, you +do have a valid tree. + +Any corrupt objects you will have to find in backups or other archives +(i.e., you can just remove them and do an "rsync" with some other site in +the hopes that somebody else has the object you have corrupted). + +Of course, "valid tree" doesn't mean that it wasn't generated by some +evil person, and the end result might be crap. git is a revision +tracking system, not a quality assurance system ;) + +Extracted Diagnostics +--------------------- + +expect dangling commits - potential heads - due to lack of head information:: + You haven't specified any nodes as heads so it won't be + possible to differentiate between un-parented commits and + root nodes. + +missing sha1 directory '<dir>':: + The directory holding the sha1 objects is missing. + +unreachable <type> <object>:: + The <type> object <object>, isn't actually referred to directly + or indirectly in any of the trees or commits seen. This can + mean that there's another root node that you're not specifying + or that the tree is corrupt. If you haven't missed a root node + then you might as well delete unreachable nodes since they + can't be used. + +missing <type> <object>:: + The <type> object <object>, is referred to but isn't present in + the database. + +dangling <type> <object>:: + The <type> object <object>, is present in the database but never + 'directly' used. A dangling commit could be a root node. + +warning: git-fsck: tree <tree> has full pathnames in it:: + And it shouldn't... + +sha1 mismatch <object>:: + The database has an object who's sha1 doesn't match the + database value. + This indicates a serious data integrity problem. + +Environment Variables +--------------------- + +GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY:: + used to specify the object database root (usually $GIT_DIR/objects) + +GIT_INDEX_FILE:: + used to specify the index file of the index + +GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES:: + used to specify additional object database roots (usually unset) + +Author +------ +Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> + +Documentation +-------------- +Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. + +GIT +--- +Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite + diff --git a/Documentation/git-pack-redundant.txt b/Documentation/git-pack-redundant.txt index be2c64e..94bbea0 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-pack-redundant.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-pack-redundant.txt @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ given will be ignored when checking which packs are required. This makes the following command useful when wanting to remove packs which contain unreachable objects. -git-fsck-objects --full --unreachable | cut -d ' ' -f3 | \ +git-fsck --full --unreachable | cut -d ' ' -f3 | \ git-pack-redundant --all | xargs rm OPTIONS diff --git a/Documentation/git-prune.txt b/Documentation/git-prune.txt index a11e303..0b44f30 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-prune.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-prune.txt @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION ----------- -This runs `git-fsck-objects --unreachable` using all the refs +This runs `git-fsck --unreachable` using all the refs available in `$GIT_DIR/refs`, optionally with additional set of objects specified on the command line, and prunes all objects unreachable from any of these head objects from the object database. |