"git fsck" bails out with a claim that a loose object that cannot be read but exists on the filesystem to be corrupt, which is wrong when read_object() failed due to e.g. EMFILE. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> --- sha1_file.c | 7 ++++++- 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/sha1_file.c b/sha1_file.c index 5ed5497..f709ed6 100644 --- a/sha1_file.c +++ b/sha1_file.c @@ -2090,16 +2090,21 @@ void *read_sha1_file_repl(const unsigned char *sha1, const unsigned char **replacement) { const unsigned char *repl = lookup_replace_object(sha1); - void *data = read_object(repl, type, size); + void *data; char *path; const struct packed_git *p; + errno = 0; + data = read_object(repl, type, size); if (data) { if (replacement) *replacement = repl; return data; } + if (errno != ENOENT) + die_errno("failed to read object %s", sha1_to_hex(sha1)); + /* die if we replaced an object with one that does not exist */ if (repl != sha1) die("replacement %s not found for %s", -- 1.7.3.2.191.g2d0e57 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html