git-annex-repair(1)

NAME

   git-annex-repair - recover broken git repository

SYNOPSIS

   git annex repair

DESCRIPTION

   This  can  repair  many  of the problems with git repositories that git
   fsck detects, but does not itself fix. It's useful if a repository  has
   become  badly  damaged. One way this can happen is if a repository used
   by git-annex is on a removable drive that gets unplugged at  the  wrong
   time.

   This  command  can actually be used inside git repositories that do not
   use git-annex at all; when used in a  repository  using  git-annex,  it
   does additional repairs of the git-annex branch.

   It  works  by deleting any corrupt objects from the git repository, and
   retrieving  all  missing  objects  it  can  from  the  remotes  of  the
   repository.

   If  that is not sufficient to fully recover the repository, it can also
   reset branches back to commits before the corruption  happened,  delete
   branches  that are no longer available due to the lost data, and remove
   any missing files from the index. It will only do this if run with  the
   --force  option,  since  that  rewrites  history and throws out missing
   data.  Note that the --force option never touches tags,  even  if  they
   are no longer usable due to missing data.

   After  running  this command, you will probably want to run git fsck to
   verify it fixed the repository. Note that fsck may still complain about
   objects  referenced by the reflog, or the stash, if they were unable to
   be recovered. This command does not try to clean up either  the  reflog
   or the stash.

   It is also a good idea to run git annex fsck --fast after this command,
   to make sure that the git-annex branch reflects reality.

OPTIONS

   --force

          Enable repair actions that involve deleting data that  has  been
          lost due to git repository corruption.

SEE ALSO

   git-annex(1)

   git-annex-fsck(1)

AUTHOR

   Joey Hess <[email protected]>

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