On 6/11/2024 12:31 AM, Jeff King wrote:
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
Yes, and your solution is better than a newbie like me could have
figured out, which is why I have been arguing for a simple documented
command that people like me can run.
