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authorJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2005-06-29 02:51:27 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@ppc970.osdl.org>2005-06-29 09:11:39 -0700
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[PATCH] Add git-verify-pack command.
Given a list of <pack>.idx files, this command validates the index file and the corresponding .pack file for consistency. This patch also uses the same validation mechanism in fsck-cache when the --full flag is used. During normal operation, sha1_file.c verifies that a given .idx file matches the .pack file by comparing the SHA1 checksum stored in .idx file and .pack file as a minimum sanity check. We may further want to check the pack signature and version when we map the pack, but that would be a separate patch. Earlier, errors to map a pack file was not flagged fatal but led to a random fatal error later. This version explicitly die()s when such an error is detected. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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+git-verify-pack(1)
+==================
+v0.1, June 2005
+
+NAME
+----
+git-verify-pack - Validate packed GIT archive files.
+
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+'git-verify-pack' <pack>.idx ...
+
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+Reads given idx file for packed GIT archive created with
+git-pack-objects command and verifies idx file and the
+corresponding pack file.
+
+OPTIONS
+-------
+<pack>.idx ...::
+ The idx files to verify.
+
+
+Author
+------
+Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
+
+Documentation
+--------------
+Documentation by Junio C Hamano
+
+GIT
+---
+Part of the link:git.html[git] suite
+
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index 5252ee828..797eb3327 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -110,6 +110,9 @@ link:git-tar-tree.html[git-tar-tree]::
link:git-unpack-file.html[git-unpack-file]::
Creates a temporary file with a blob's contents
+link:git-verify-pack.html[git-verify-pack]::
+ Validates packed GIT archive files
+
The interrogate commands may create files - and you can force them to
touch the working file set - but in general they don't