linux man page for git-verify-pack

GIT-VERIFY-PACK(1)						    Git Manual							GIT-VERIFY-PACK(1)

NAME
       git-verify-pack - Validate packed Git archive files

SYNOPSIS
       git verify-pack [-v|--verbose] [-s|--stat-only] [--] <pack>.idx ...

DESCRIPTION
       Reads given idx file for packed Git archive created with the git pack-objects command and verifies idx file and the corresponding pack
       file.

OPTIONS
       <pack>.idx ...
	   The idx files to verify.

       -v, --verbose
	   After verifying the pack, show 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, 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:

	   SHA-1 type size size-in-pack-file offset-in-packfile

       for objects that are not deltified in the pack, and

	   SHA-1 type size size-in-packfile offset-in-packfile depth base-SHA-1

       for objects that are deltified.

GIT
       Part of the git(1) suite

Git 1.8.5.3							    01/14/2014							GIT-VERIFY-PACK(1)