# git-verify-pack

git-verify-pack(1) ==================

NAME ---- git-verify-pack - Validate packed Git archive files

SYNOPSIS --------

git verify-pack \[-v \| --verbose\] \[-s \| --stat-only\] \[--\] \<pack\>.idx…

DESCRIPTION ----------- Read each idx file for packed Git archive given on the command line, and verify the idx file and the corresponding pack file.

OPTIONS ------- `-v`:: `--verbose`:: After verifying the pack, show the list of objects contained in the pack and a histogram of delta chain length.

`-s`  

`--stat-only`  
Do not verify the pack contents; only show the histogram of delta chain length. With `--verbose`, the list of objects is also shown.

`--`  
Do not interpret any more arguments as options.

OUTPUT FORMAT ------------- When specifying the `-v` option the format used is:

    object-name type size size-in-packfile offset-in-packfile

for objects that are not deltified in the pack, and

    object-name type size size-in-packfile offset-in-packfile depth base-object-name

for objects that are deltified.

GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git\[1\] suite