How to list ALL git objects in the database?
git, git-rev-list, git-show
Solution
Edit: Aristotle posted an even better answer, which should be marked as correct.
Edit: the script contained a syntax error, missing backslash at the end of the `grep -v` line
Mark's answer worked for me, after a few modifications:
- Used `--git-dir` instead of `--show-cdup` to support bare repos
- Avoided error when there are no packs
- Used `perl` because OS X Mountain Lion's BSD-style `sed` doesn't support `-r`
#!/bin/sh
set -e
cd "$(git rev-parse --git-dir)"
# Find all the objects that are in packs:
find objects/pack -name 'pack-*.idx' | while read p ; do
git show-index < $p | cut -f 2 -d ' '
done
# And now find all loose objects:
find objects/ \
| egrep '[0-9a-f]{38}' \
| grep -v /pack/ \
| perl -pe 's:^.*([0-9a-f][0-9a-f])/([0-9a-f]{38}):\1\2:' \
;
Problem
Is there a better way of getting a raw list of SHA1s for ALL objects in a repository than: `ls .git/objects/??/\*` and `cat .git/objects/pack/*.idx | git show-index` I know about `git rev-list --all` but that only lists commit objects that are referenced by `.git/refs`, and I'm looking for everything, including unreferenced objects that are created by `git-hash-object`, `git-mktree` etc.