git-verify-pack - Man Page

Validate packed Git archive files

Examples (TL;DR)

Synopsis

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

Description

Read each idx file for packed Git archive given on the command line, and verify the idx file and the corresponding pack file​.

Options

-v,  --verbose

After verifying the pack, show the 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, the list of objects is also shown​.

--

Do not interpret any more arguments as options​.

Output Format

When specifying the -v option the format used is:

object-name type size size-in-packfile offset-in-packfile

for objects that are not deltified in the pack, and

object-name type size size-in-packfile offset-in-packfile depth base-object-name

for objects that are deltified​.

Git

Part of the git(1) suite

Info

09/28/2026 Git 2.56.0 Git Manual