Find lost stuff in a git repository

grep_git_objects.py

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## Find lost stuff in a git repository                    ##
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## run in the root of your git repo                       ##
## Usage: python grep_git_objects.py <target>             ##
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import os
import sys
import subprocess

if len(sys.argv) < 2:
    print "Usage: python grep_git_objects.py <target>"
    sys.exit()

target = sys.argv[1]

hashes = []
for i in range(0,256):
    dirname = ".git/objects/%02x" % i
    #print dirname
    for filename in os.listdir(dirname):
        h = "%02x%s" % (i, filename)
        hashes.append(h)

        cmd = "git cat-file -p %s" % h
        output = subprocess.check_output(cmd.split(' '))
        if target in output:
            print "found in object: ", h
            print output