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The command unpack-objects dies upon the first error. This is probably considered a feature -- if a pack is corrupt, instead of trying to extract from it and possibly risking to contaminate a good repository with objects whose validity is dubious, we should seek a good copy of the pack and retry. However, we may not have any good copy anywhere. This implements the last resort effort to extract what are salvageable from such a corrupt pack. This flag might have helped Sergio when recovering from a corrupt pack. In my test, it managed to salvage 247 objects out of a pack that had 251 objects but without it the command stopped after extracting 73 objects. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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git-unpack-objects(1)
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NAME
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git-unpack-objects - Unpack objects from a packed archive
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SYNOPSIS
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--------
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'git-unpack-objects' [-n] [-q] [-r] <pack-file
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DESCRIPTION
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Read a packed archive (.pack) from the standard input, expanding
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the objects contained within and writing them into the repository in
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"loose" (one object per file) format.
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Objects that already exist in the repository will *not* be unpacked
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from the pack-file. Therefore, nothing will be unpacked if you use
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this command on a pack-file that exists within the target repository.
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Please see the `git-repack` documentation for options to generate
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new packs and replace existing ones.
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OPTIONS
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-n::
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Only list the objects that would be unpacked, don't actually unpack
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them.
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-q::
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The command usually shows percentage progress. This
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flag suppresses it.
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-r::
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When unpacking a corrupt packfile, the command dies at
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the first corruption. This flag tells it to keep going
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and make the best effort to salvage as many objects as
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possible.
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Author
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Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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Documentation
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Documentation by Junio C Hamano
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GIT
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Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
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