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STG-REPAIR(1)                  StGit Manual                 STG-REPAIR(1)

NAME top

       stg-repair - Repair stack after branch is modified with git
       commands

SYNOPSIS top

       stg repair [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION top

       If a branch with a StGit stack is modified with certain git
       commands such as git-commit(1), git-pull(1), git-merge(1), or
       git-rebase(1), the StGit stack metadata will become inconsistent
       with the branch state. There are a few options for resolving this
       kind of situation:

        1. Use stg-undo(1) to undo the effect of the git commands. Or
           similarly use stg-reset(1) to reset the stack/branch to any
           previous stack state.

        2. Use stg repair. This will repair the StGit stack metadata to
           accommodate the modifications to the branch made by the git
           commands. Specifically, it will do the following:

           •   If regular git commits were made on top of the stack of
               StGit patches (i.e. by using plain git commit), stg repair
               will convert those commits to StGit patches, preserving
               their content.

           •   However, merge commits cannot become patches. So if a
               merge was committed on top of the stack, stg repair will
               mark all patches below the merge commit as unapplied,
               since they are no longer reachable. An alternative when
               this is not the desired behavior is to use stg undo to
               first get rid of the offending merge and then run stg
               repair again.

           •   The applied patches are supposed to be precisely those
               that are reachable from the branch head. If, for example,
               git-reset(1) was used to move the head, some applied
               patches may no longer be reachable and some unapplied
               patches may have become reachable. In this case, stg
               repair will correct the applied/unapplied state of such
               patches.

       stg repair will repair these inconsistencies reliably, so there
       are valid workflows where git commands are used followed by stg
       repair. For example, new patches can be created by first making
       commits with a graphical commit tool and then running stg repair
       to convert those commits into patches.

STGIT top

       Part of the StGit suite - see stg(1)

COLOPHON top

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StGit 2.5.1                     02/02/2025                  STG-REPAIR(1)

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