Here are two functions that may help if your backup is corrupted, or you have a few partially corrupted backups as well (this may happen if you backup the corrupted objects).
Run both in the repo you're trying to recover.
Standard warning: only use if you're really desperate and you have backed up your (corrupted) repo. This might not resolve anything, but at least should highlight the level of corruption.
fsck_rm_corrupted() {
corrupted='a'
while [ "$corrupted" ]; do
corrupted=$( \
git fsck --full --no-dangling 2>&1 >/dev/null \
| grep 'stored in' \
| sed -r 's:.*(\.git/.*)\).*:\1:' \
)
echo "$corrupted"
rm -f "$corrupted"
done
}
if [ -z "$1" ] || [ ! -d "$1" ]; then
echo "'$1' is not a directory. Please provide the directory of the git repo"
exit 1
fi
pushd "$1" >/dev/null
fsck_rm_corrupted
popd >/dev/null
and
unpack_rm_corrupted() {
corrupted='a'
while [ "$corrupted" ]; do
corrupted=$( \
git unpack-objects -r < "$1" 2>&1 >/dev/null \
| grep 'stored in' \
| sed -r 's:.*(\.git/.*)\).*:\1:' \
)
echo "$corrupted"
rm -f "$corrupted"
done
}
if [ -z "$1" ] || [ ! -d "$1" ]; then
echo "'$1' is not a directory. Please provide the directory of the git repo"
exit 1
fi
for p in $1/objects/pack/pack-*.pack; do
echo "$p"
unpack_rm_corrupted "$p"
done