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Muhammad Tariq edited this page Mar 18, 2021 · 15 revisions

Issue

muhammad@muhammad:~/$ git status
error: object file .git/objects/ab/22d9d3d8148e2170702ef275eb975e5d6d276c is empty
error: object file .git/objects/ab/22d9d3d8148e2170702ef275eb975e5d6d276c is empty
error: object file .git/objects/ab/22d9d3d8148e2170702ef275eb975e5d6d276c is empty
fatal: loose object ab22d9d3d8148e2170702ef275eb975e5d6d276c (stored in .git/objects/ab/22d9d3d8148e2170702ef275eb975e5d6d276c) is corrupt

Cause of issue

This issue can be caused by unexpected shutdown of OS or Machine.

Solution

This can be solved by the following commands

  • find .git/objects/ -size 0 -exec rm -f {} ;
  • git fetch origin
  • git symbolic-ref HEAD refs/heads/
  • git status

Ref: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4254389/git-corrupt-loose-object

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