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I have a git repo with *.pack files - no loose objects. For some reason ,not related to the question, all *.idx files are lost. How can I restore them?
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Git provides ways to recover a deleted file at any point in this life cycle of changes. If you have not staged the deletion yet, simply run `git restore <filename>` and the file will be restored from the index.
Synchronization between the repository and app will start automatically, however, reindexing may be required to manually start the synchronization process. There are two ways to do this: To start update of all repositories, go to the Git Integration for Jira app Git Repositories tab then click Reindex All button.
The packfile is a single file containing the contents of all the objects that were removed from your filesystem. The index is a file that contains offsets into that packfile so you can quickly seek to a specific object.
In this case, it sounds like you've deleted all the files from the index. git rm --cached . does exactly that. The index holds changes that are staged for commit, so next time you commit, you'll delete all the files from your repository.
From the top of your tree, try running:
git index-pack .git/objects/pack/PACK_FILENAME
where PACK_FILENAME is the name of your pack file. For instance, a repository I tried this on had the path:
.git/objects/pack/pack-7e0af787b3e455fac722264ff05dd0bae7d71625.pack
You should do that for each pack file, and you're repository should be in working order again.
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