✅ Repair Git Broken Object / EntryNotFound (WSL / VS Code)

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1️⃣ Backup working tree

tar czf /tmp/repo-backup.tar.gz .

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2️⃣ Fetch remote state

git fetch origin

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3️⃣ Create clean branch from remote

git checkout -B recoverBranch origin/main

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4️⃣ Restore file content from broken branch

git checkout main -- .

Copies tracked files only.
(tar restore is safer if corruption is severe.)

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5️⃣ Rebuild objects

git add .
git commit -m "Recover working tree from broken main"

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6️⃣ Replace broken main

git checkout main
git reset --hard recoverBranch

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7️⃣ Cleanup dangling / corrupted objects

git reflog expire --expire=now --all
git gc --prune=now

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8️⃣ Verify

git fsck --full

Must output nothing.

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9️⃣ Push

git push origin main --force

Use --force only if history changed.

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✅ What you learned (important)

• EntryNotFound + missing blob = Git object DB corruption.
• git rm --cached does not fix object corruption.
• Never merge corrupted history.
• Always rebuild commits from file content.
• git fsck is the truth source.

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✅ Prevention tips (WSL + VS Code)

• Avoid editing same repo from Windows + WSL simultaneously.
• Don’t keep uploads / runtime files in Git.
• Add to .gitignore:

uploads/
.vscode-server/

• Run occasionally:

git fsck --full