{"id":2214,"date":"2022-05-27T20:17:43","date_gmt":"2022-05-27T12:17:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/?p=2214"},"modified":"2022-05-27T15:18:15","modified_gmt":"2022-05-27T07:18:15","slug":"how-i-repaired-one-of-my-corrupted-git-repository-on-gogs-git-server","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/how-i-repaired-one-of-my-corrupted-git-repository-on-gogs-git-server\/","title":{"rendered":"How I repaired one of my corrupted git repository on gogs git server"},"content":{"rendered":"

While trying to commit my codes to my Raspberry Pi gogs git server<\/a>, I got a rejection:<\/p>\n

\r\n ! [remote rejected] master -> master (missing necessary objects)\r\nerror: failed to push some refs to 'http:\/\/192.168.1.115:3000\/org\/a-project.git'\r\n<\/pre>\n
In addition to that, I got a HTTP 500 when I try to view the repository details page via the dashboard.<\/p>\n
Since I can view my other repositories on my gogs git server, something must be wrong with a-project.git.<\/p>\n
Given that, here are the steps that I took to rectify the issue.<\/p>\n
Checking the logs on my gogs git server to find the root of the problem<\/h2>\n
Firstly, I went ahead to check the log file on my gogs git server. In order to do so, I went into the log folder and view the most recent log:<\/p>\n
\r\ncd \/opt\/gogs\/log\/\r\nsudo cat gogs.log\r\n<\/pre>\n
Given that, I was able to find a log status suggesting that the repository was corrupted:<\/p>\n
\r\n2022\/05\/26 19:47:46 [...ules\/context\/repo.go:384 func1()] [E] CommitsCount: exit status 128 - error: inflate: data stream error (invalid code -- missing end-of-block)\r\nfatal: loose object eeba0893914f4e4c8f16da67fd4b1acd9e9041a3 (stored in .\/objects\/ee\/ba0893914f4e4c8f16da67fd4b1acd9e9041a3) is corrupt\r\n<\/pre>\n
When I saw such a message, I knew that one of the files in a-project.git\/objects<\/code> is corrupted.<\/p>\n
Copying a healthy git repository over to the gogs server<\/h2>\n
After getting the root to the problem, the next step is to solve it.<\/p>\n
Locating the same objects folder on my local git repository<\/h3>\n
Since I am the sole developer, I have a healthy git repo on my development machine. In order to find the objects folder to copy over to my gogs git server, I simply change directory into the .git<\/code> folder where the root of the source codes of my project sits.<\/p>\n
Locating the objects folder on my gogs git server<\/h3>\n
Next, I proceeded to locate the objects directory on my gogs git server. Since gogs git server saves the repository in the home directory, I am able to find my objects folder in \/home\/gogs\/gogs-repositories\/org\/a-project.git<\/code><\/p>\n
Transferring the objects directory from my development machine to my gogs git server<\/h3>\n
Once I have an idea of where the objects directory resides locally and remotely, I proceeded to run the following commands on my development machine to get the objects folder to the home directory of my admin user on the git server:<\/p>\n
\r\ncd \/folder\/to\/project-source\/.git\r\nscp -r objects adminuser@192.168.1.115:\/home\/adminuser\/\r\n<\/pre>\n
When everything is transferred across, I sshed into my gogs server:<\/p>\n
\r\nssh adminuser@192.168.1.115\r\n<\/pre>\n
After getting into my gogs server as the admin user, I make a backup of the objects folder with the corrupted record:<\/p>\n
\r\ncd \/home\/gogs\/gogs-repositories\/org\/a-project.git\r\n# Make a backup first just in case\r\nsudo mv objects objects-bak\r\nsudo mv \/home\/adminuser\/objects .\/\r\n<\/pre>\n
Given that, my git repository on my gogs server is no longer corrupted. In addition to that, whatever I had committed to my local repository were also transferred over to the remote repository.<\/p>\n\n