[U-Boot] corrupted tags in git://git.denx.de/u-boot ?

[Joe Hershberger]

Hi Igor,

On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 7:13 AM, Igor Grinberg <grinberg at compulab.co.il> wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> While running git fsck --full, I've noticed the following:
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> $ git fsck --full
> Checking object directories: 100% (256/256), done.
> error in tag 9bf86baaa3b35b25baa2d664e2f7f6cafad689ee: unterminated header
> error in tag c7071e6d645a8e13adb0d4cea2caad27213fa62f: unterminated header
> error in tag eb394f56db3e05d00891d6dc36a00df0025cf255: unterminated header
> Checking objects: 100% (356677/356677), done.
> Checking connectivity: 356680, done.
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>
> So, I did git describe on those:
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> $ git describe 9bf86baaa3b35b25baa2d664e2f7f6cafad689ee c7071e6d645a8e13adb0d4cea2caad27213fa62f eb394f56db3e05d00891d6dc36a00df0025cf255
> LABEL_2006_04_18_1106
> LABEL_2006_05_19_1133
> LABEL_2006_03_12_0025
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>
> Having no apparent need of those tags, I just git tag -d them and git gc:
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> $ git tag -d LABEL_2006_03_12_0025 LABEL_2006_04_18_1106 LABEL_2006_05_19_1133
> Deleted tag 'LABEL_2006_03_12_0025' (was eb394f5)
> Deleted tag 'LABEL_2006_04_18_1106' (was 9bf86ba)
> Deleted tag 'LABEL_2006_05_19_1133' (was c7071e6)
> $ git gc --prune=now
> Counting objects: 356677, done.
> Delta compression using up to 8 threads.
> Compressing objects: 100% (64947/64947), done.
> Writing objects: 100% (356677/356677), done.
> Total 356677 (delta 285384), reused 356677 (delta 285384)
> Checking connectivity: 356677, done.
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>
> After the above git fsck --full got much happier:
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> $ git fsck --full
> Checking object directories: 100% (256/256), done.
> Checking objects: 100% (356677/356677), done.
> Checking connectivity: 356677, done.
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>
> Now, next time I git remote update, I get them back:
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> $ git remote update
> Fetching origin
> remote: Counting objects: 3, done.
> remote: Compressing objects: 100% (3/3), done.
> remote: Total 3 (delta 0), reused 3 (delta 0)
> Unpacking objects: 100% (3/3), done.
> From git://git.denx.de/u-boot
>  * [new tag]         LABEL_2006_03_12_0025 -> LABEL_2006_03_12_0025
>  * [new tag]         LABEL_2006_04_18_1106 -> LABEL_2006_04_18_1106
>  * [new tag]         LABEL_2006_05_19_1133 -> LABEL_2006_05_19_1133
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>
> and once again git fsck --full complains:
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> $ git fsck --full
> Checking object directories: 100% (256/256), done.
> error in tag 9bf86baaa3b35b25baa2d664e2f7f6cafad689ee: unterminated header
> error in tag c7071e6d645a8e13adb0d4cea2caad27213fa62f: unterminated header
> error in tag eb394f56db3e05d00891d6dc36a00df0025cf255: unterminated header
> Checking objects: 100% (356677/356677), done.
> Checking connectivity: 356680, done.
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>
> Is it only me suffering from some kind of corruption on remote update
> or do we all have the same problem and I'm the first to notice (or just
> missed a thread about this)?

I don't see this either.

Have you tried a fresh clone?

Thanks,
-Joe