Re: Reproducible, corrupt packfile after fresh git-svn checkout

gitml.jexpert@recursor.net writes:

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Regardless of any possible fault in git-svn, there's an obvious bug here
with git-fsck.  Can you share the pack (if the project is public) or
compile a git-fsck without optimization and with debugging, and run it
under valgrind, to hopefully get us a backtrace of where the memory
management goes off the rails?

Unfortunately I'm unable to share the pack.

As Java Developer I'm note very savy, but I'd try.
Do you have me any pointers on ".. without optimization and with
debugging" and "run it under valgrind"?

To fetch sources and compile:

  git clone https://github.com/git/git.git
  cd git/
  make CFLAGS='-g -O0'

To run gdb:

  gdb --args ./git fsck

Then type "run" at the gdb prompt. When the program crashes, you should
get the gdb prompt back. Then, typing "bt" gives you a backtrace, and
"bt full" gives you the same with more information (be careful, there
may be private information in it).

To use valgrind, just do:

  valgrind ./git fsck

(essentially, it runs the program adding a bunch of runtime checks hence
may provide better diagnosis)

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Matthieu Moy
http://www-verimag.imag.fr/~moy/