Question about fsck-objects output

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From: Larry Streepy
Date: Thursday, January 25, 2007 - 11:22 am

Sorry to ask such a basic question, but I can't quite decipher the output 
of fsck-objects.  When I run it, I get this:

  git fsck-objects
dangling commit 2213f6d4dd39ca8baebd0427723723e63208521b
dangling commit f0d4e00196bd5ee54463e9ea7a0f0e8303da767f
dangling blob 6a6d0b01b3e96d49a8f2c7addd4ef8c3bd1f5761


Even after a "repack -a -d" they still exist.  The man page has a short 
explanation, but, at least for me, it wasn't fully enlightening. :-)

The man page says that dangling commits could be "root" commits, but since 
my repo started as a clone of another repo, I don't see how I could have 
any root commits.  Also, the page doesn't really describe what a dangling 
blob is.

So, can someone explain what these artifacts are and if they are a problem 
that I should be worried about?

Thanks,
Larry.
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Question about fsck-objects output, Larry Streepy, (Thu Jan 25, 11:22 am)
Re: Question about fsck-objects output, Shawn O. Pearce, (Thu Jan 25, 12:31 pm)
Re: Question about fsck-objects output, Linus Torvalds, (Thu Jan 25, 1:01 pm)
Re: Question about fsck-objects output, Larry Streepy, (Thu Jan 25, 1:08 pm)