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From: "Ulrich Windl" <Ulrich.Windl@rz.uni-regensburg.de>
To: <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Antw: [EXT] Re: bug in "git fsck"?
Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2021 09:10:03 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <60E2B04B020000A100042291@gwsmtp.uni-regensburg.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqczs0popg.fsf@gitster.g>

>>> Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> schrieb am 02.07.2021 um 20:15 in
Nachricht
<xmqqczs0popg.fsf@gitster.g>:
> "Ulrich Windl" <Ulrich.Windl@rz.uni‑regensburg.de> writes:
> 
>> I was wondering whether git fsck should be able to cleanup
>> orphaned branches ("HEAD points to an unborn branch") as described
>> in https://stackoverflow.com/q/68226081/6607497 It seems I can fix
>> it be editing files in the repository, but I feed that's not the
>> way it should be.
> 
> HEAD pointing at an unborn branch is not even a corruption, isn't
> it?
> 
>    $ rm ‑rf trash && git init trash
> 
> would point HEAD at an unborn one, ready to be used.


OK, so maybe I was just confused by "fsck". At it seems after committing, fsck
no longer complains.
As "EXTRACTED DIAGNOSTICS" In man git-fsck (Git 2.26.2) does not mention
"unborn" (and as it's not a common IT phrase), one could probably explain what
it means.

Regards,
Ulrich




  parent reply	other threads:[~2021-07-05  7:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-07-02 14:01 bug in "git fsck"? Ulrich Windl
2021-07-02 18:15 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-07-03 20:03   ` René Scharfe
2021-07-05  7:42     ` Antw: [EXT] " Ulrich Windl
2021-07-05 14:44       ` René Scharfe
2021-07-06  7:12         ` Ulrich Windl
2021-07-06 14:25           ` René Scharfe
2021-07-08  8:20             ` Ulrich Windl
2021-07-08 16:36               ` René Scharfe
2021-07-05 19:52     ` Junio C Hamano
2021-07-05  7:10   ` Ulrich Windl [this message]
2021-07-05  7:26     ` Antw: [EXT] " Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-07-05  7:20   ` Ulrich Windl

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