# git-verify-pack(1) Manual Page

## NAME

git-verify-pack - Validate packed Git archive files

## SYNOPSIS

    git verify-pack [-v | --verbose] [-s | --stat-only] [--] <pack>.idx…​

## DESCRIPTION

Read each idx file for packed Git archive given on the command line, and verify the idx file and the corresponding pack file.

## OPTIONS

`-v`
`--verbose`

  After verifying the pack, show the list of objects contained in the pack and a histogram of delta chain length.

`-s`
`--stat-only`

  Do not verify the pack contents; only show the histogram of delta chain length. With `--verbose`, the list of objects is also shown.

`--`

  Do not interpret any more arguments as options.

## OUTPUT FORMAT

When specifying the `-v` option the format used is:

    object-name type size size-in-packfile offset-in-packfile

for objects that are not deltified in the pack, and

    object-name type size size-in-packfile offset-in-packfile depth base-object-name

for objects that are deltified.

## GIT

Part of the git(1) suite