On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 04:29:12PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote: > > If I clone the remote repository, I have the object in the new clone. > > However, how do I get the missing object back into the .git directory of my > > working repository? > [...] > In the new clone: > > $ IT=c406ab0be69c912ea59233595a071478103cdad8 > $ H=$(git rev-list --objects $IT | git pack-objects mine) > $ mv mine-$H.pack /var/tmp > > Go to the repository that lacks the object and then > > $ git unpack-objects </var/tmp/mine-$H.pack Might it not be simpler to just copy or hardlink the pack from the new clone into the old directory's .git/objects/pack? That will get more than you need, but things should start working, at which point a "git repack -a -d" will make it small again. Or am I misunderstanding something? -Peff -- 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
