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What does git fsck stand for?

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What is the meaning in behind the fsck command name?

The documentation of the command does not seem to mention what the name stands for.

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Maic López Sáenz Avatar asked Jan 16 '14 01:01

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It stands for File System ChecK. The name is taken from the Unix fsck command, which is used to validate a file system.

While Git is not technically a file system, it can be used analogously and the command name is a metaphor on this.

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Barmar Avatar answered Oct 15 '22 19:10

Barmar

It was first called:

  • fsck-cached (git 0.99), to check the repository for errors
  • then fsck-objects (git 0.99.8), in order to report what exactly is wrong with the object, instead of an ambiguous 'bad sha1 file'.
  • and finally git fsck (git 1.5.0, January 2007)

It reflects that Git was initially built as a file system, with a graph of nodes and git fsck is presented in this GitHub Training as a file system check which verifies integrity and finds corrupt objects.

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VonC Avatar answered Oct 15 '22 21:10

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