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NAME
git-verify-pack - Validate packed Git archive files
SYNOPSIS
git verify-pack [-v | --verbose] [-s | --stat-only] [--] <pack>.idx...
DESCRIPTION
Read each idx file for packed Git archive given on the command line,
and verify the idx file and the corresponding pack file.
OPTIONS
-v, --verbose
After verifying the pack, show the list of objects contained in the
pack and a histogram of delta chain length.
-s, --stat-only
Do not verify the pack contents; only show the histogram of delta
chain length. With --verbose, the list of objects is also shown.
--
Do not interpret any more arguments as options.
OUTPUT FORMAT
When specifying the -v option the format used is:
object-name type size size-in-packfile offset-in-packfile
for objects that are not deltified in the pack, and
object-name type size size-in-packfile offset-in-packfile depth base-object-name
for objects that are deltified.
GIT
Part of the git(1) suite
Git 2.50.0 2025-06-15 git-verify-pack(1)
git 2.50.0 - Generated Mon Jun 23 14:34:51 CDT 2025