git-verify-pack - Man Page
Validate packed Git archive files
Examples (TL;DR)
- Verify a packed Git archive file:
git verify-pack path/to/pack-file
- Verify a packed Git archive file and show verbose details:
git verify-pack [-v|--verbose] path/to/pack-file
- Verify a packed Git archive file and only display the statistics:
git verify-pack [-s|--stat-only] path/to/pack-file
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, ā--verbose
After verifying the pack, show the list of objects contained in the pack and a histogram of delta chain length.
- -s, ā--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
Referenced By
06/16/2025 Git 2.50.1 Git Manual