Johan Herland <johan@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I simply copied the packfile containing the good copy into the > corrupted repo, and then ran a "git gc", which "happened" to use the > good copy of the corrupted object and complete successfully (instead > of barfing on the bad copy). The GC then removed the old > (now-obsolete) packfiles, and thus the corruption was gone. > > However, exactly _why_ git happened to prefer the good copy in my > copied packfile instead of the bad copy in the existing packfile, I do > not know. By design ;-) -- 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