GIT-VERIFY-PACK

Section: Git Manual (1)
Updated: 07/07/2023
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NAME

git-verify-pack - Validate packed Git archive files

git verify-pack [-v|--verbose] [-s|--stat-only] [--] <pack>.idx ...

Reads given idx file for packed Git archive created with the git pack-objects command and verifies idx file and the corresponding pack file.

<pack>.idx ...

-v, --verbose

: After verifying the pack, show list of objects contained in the pack and a histogram of delta chain length.

-s, --stat-only

: Do not verify the pack contents; only show the histogram of delta chain length. With --verbose, list of objects is also shown.

When specifying the -v option the format used is:

SHA-1 type size size-in-packfile offset-in-packfile

for objects that are not deltified in the pack, and

SHA-1 type size size-in-packfile offset-in-packfile depth base-SHA-1

for objects that are deltified.

Part of the git(1) suite