On Sat, Jun 08, 2024 at 02:02:52PM -0700, Fred Long wrote:
> > git for-each-ref --format='%(refname)' refs/remotes/ |
> > git cat-file --batch-check='%(objectname)' |
> > perl -alne 'print "delete $F[0]" if $F[1] eq "missing"' |
> > tee /dev/stderr |
> > git update-ref --stdin
> >
> Thanks. Here's what I have been using:
>
> git fsck |& grep "invalid sha1 pointer" | (
> while read err ref rest
> do
> ref=${ref%:}
> echo got $ref, removing .git/$ref
> rm .git/$ref
> done
> )
Parsing fsck's errors should be OK, I think, but your "rm" won't be
reliable. If the ref is packed, then it needs to be removed from
.git/packed-refs, too. Calling "git update-ref -d $ref" should work,
even for a broken ref.
-Peff
