git fsck -- If this is clean then is git repo in good shape? (I put my repos in dropbox and want to check integrity)

Question

I accidentally put my repositories in dropbox.

One of my repositories I couldn't do git status without a message about a missing tree. (git fsck also reported this)

On the other ones I did git fsck and there was just dangling objects and commits. If git fsck is clean or just has dangling objects/commits am I safe?

Answer 1

"Dangling commits" and similar for objects indicates that the repository itself is not broken. It's possible that you've lost a commit or two off some branch, but if so, the repository itself is at least consistent. Check the tip commit of each of your branches¹ to see if the last commit is what you expect. (Repeat with your remote-tracking names if applicable, although here you can just use git fetch to fix things).

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¹E.g., for each branch, run git show name. Or, git log --no-walk --branches will list out each branch tip commit.