How can I unpack all objects of a pack file?
I've just cloned a remote repository, so my local repository currently doesn't contain any loose object, only a .pack and a .idx files.
I've tried running git unpack-objects < .git/objects/pack/pack-.pack, but nothing happens.
I'm doing something wrong? Is there any other command to do that?
You need to move the pack objects outside the .git/objects/pack directory before using the command. However, the pack files need to be inside the repository.
For example, create a directory name SAMPLE in your project's root. Then, move the pack files to SAMPLE directory. After that, inside the repository without the pack files, use the command
git unpack-objects < SAMPLE/*.pack
Git will generate all objects inside .git/objects directory of your repository.
git unpack-objects won't create objects already in the repo, and seeing as the pack file is in the repo it does nothing. This is very clearly explained in get help unpack-objects.
git unpack-objects -n < SAMPLE/*.pack, bash gives me an error: bash: SAMPLE/*.pack: ambiguous redirect. Is it because I'm trying to use the -n switch? I wanted to try a dry run before committing to the full unpack...
git unpack-objects < SAMPLE/*.pack) made me do a double-take and think I thought I was mistaken all these years about how Bash handles <. Bash cannot use the < operator with multiple files. You must iterate over them one at a time, e.g. for fn in SAMPLE/*.pack; do git unpack-objects < "$fn"; done.move the *.pack file into .git folder , then go to .git directory and run the following command:
cat YOUR_PACK_FILE.pack | git unpack-objects
Maybe you can try a simple command:
git clone ***.git
