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fix corrupted git repo
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fix_corrupted_git_repo.md

check for errors

git fsck --full

error: HEAD: invalid reflog entry 9fa7d8a22a680f8cf76e560ddb9e910419936006
error: refs/heads/local-api: invalid reflog entry c26cc0ae14632bd6a6d09aeb8973f97ccfc3035c
error: object file .git/objects/6b/f03a2e38b9cf909eff2500c14fce48a61d2965 is empty
error: object file .git/objects/6b/f03a2e38b9cf909eff2500c14fce48a61d2965 is empty
fatal: loose object 6bf03a2e38b9cf909eff2500c14fce48a61d2965 (stored in .git/objects/6b/f03a2e38b9cf909eff2500c14fce48a61d2965) is corrupt

remove empty objects

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11706215/how-to-fix-git-error-object-file-is-empty/12371337#12371337

find .git/objects/ -type f -empty | xargs rm

find .git/objects/ -size 0 -exec rm -f {} \
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dungsaga commented Jul 27, 2021 •
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  • fix corrupted objects referred by branches (in refs/**)
  • fix corrupted objects found in reflog (in packed-refs and logs/**)

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