Git - obtain sources from .pack archive

Asked Oct 03 '16 at 13:28

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I am new to Git, I have cloned a repository with git clone, but I did not obtain any C++ source file (project is written in C++), but instead I have obtained two files in .git/objects/pack, with *.pack and *.idx extension.

I followed this guide to unpack the archives. Now I have in the objects folder 255 folders from 00 to ff which cointain binary files, and I don't know how to obtain the source files needed for working on the project.

Could anyone explain me what these 255 folders are and if there is a way to obtain the source files from them? Thanks in advance.

EDIT:

The command used to clone the repo is:

    git clone git@gins.hostname.com:/path/to/repo

edited May 23 '17 at 12:00

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asked Oct 03 '16 at 13:28

Carlo Benussi

Please include the `git` command that you use to clone the repository in your question. – Lee Duhem Oct 03 '16 at 13:32
Looks like it is not a public repository we can test, so I guess your best shot is to ask the author of that repository what's going on. – Lee Duhem Oct 03 '16 at 13:40
No is not public. I thought it was a common situation to retrieve the contents of a git repository from the object directory. – Carlo Benussi Oct 03 '16 at 13:45
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It's not, `git` should do it for you automatically. – Lee Duhem Oct 03 '16 at 13:54
What is the output of `git status` and `git log --oneline --decorate`? – Scott Weldon Oct 10 '16 at 23:31
I solved the issue. The problem was that I needed to checkout a specific branch, pull the origin and still than to give the command: "git fetch --all" – Carlo Benussi Oct 11 '16 at 09:47

Git - obtain sources from .pack archive

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