Dealing with Git repo corruptionEdit

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Delete corrupt objects

This can be useful if basic commands like git log and refuse to run.

Repeat this until all the bad objects are gone:

$ git fsck --full
error: inflate: data stream error (incorrect header check)
error: unable to unpack 29d37f9767f6ceb7abefc46bf092393b411f7120 header
error: inflate: data stream error (incorrect header check)
fatal: loose object 29d37f9767f6ceb7abefc46bf092393b411f7120 (stored in .git/objects/29/d37f9767f6ceb7abefc46bf092393b411f7120) is corrupt
zsh: exit 128   git fsck --full
$ rm .git/objects/29/d37f9767f6ceb7abefc46bf092393b411f7120

Re-cloning from a good remote

Starting from corrupt repo, "src":

$ cd ..
$ git clone someremote newsrc
$ cd src
$ mv .git /tmp/bad-git
$ mv ../newsrc/.git .
$ rm -rf ../newsrc