git-lost+found

This command helps you resurrect accidentally lost tags and commits.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>

1 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/git-lost+found.sh b/git-lost+found.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..b6b2616e45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/git-lost+found.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+. git-sh-setup || die "Not a git archive."
+
+laf="$GIT_DIR/lost+found"
+rm -fr "$laf" && mkdir -p "$laf/commit" "$laf/other" || exit
+
+git fsck-objects |
+while read dangling type sha1
+do
+	case "$dangling" in
+	dangling)
+		if git-rev-parse --verify "$sha1^0" >/dev/null 2>/dev/null
+		then
+			dir="$laf/commit"
+			git-show-branch "$sha1"
+		else
+			dir="$laf/other"
+		fi
+		echo "$sha1" >"$dir/$sha1"
+		;;
+	esac
+done