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Re: [PATCH 3/3] fsck: optionally show more helpful info for broken links

From: Eric Sunshine <hidden>
Date: 2016-07-15 06:20:47

On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 11:30 AM, Johannes Schindelin
[off-list ref] wrote:
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When reporting broken links between commits/trees/blobs, it would be
quite helpful at times if the user would be told how the object is
supposed to be reachable.

With the new --name-objects option, git-fsck will try to do exactly
that: name the objects in a way that shows how they are reachable.
[...]
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <redacted>
---
diff --git a/builtin/fsck.c b/builtin/fsck.c
@@ -576,6 +598,7 @@ static struct option fsck_opts[] = {
        OPT_BOOL(0, "lost-found", &write_lost_and_found,
                                N_("write dangling objects in .git/lost-found")),
        OPT_BOOL(0, "progress", &show_progress, N_("show progress")),
+       OPT_BOOL(0, "name-objects", &name_objects, N_("show verbose names for rechable objects")),
s/rechable/reachable/
        OPT_END(),
 };
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