How To Install git-repair on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install git-repair on Fedora 36.
What is git-repair
Git-repair can repair various forms of damage to git repositories. It is a complement to git fsck, which finds problems, but does not fix them. As well as avoiding the need to rm -rf a damaged repository and re-clone, using git-repair can help rescue commits you’ve made to the damaged repository and not yet pushed out.
We can use yum or dnf to install git-repair on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install git-repair.
Install git-repair on Fedora 36 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install git-repair using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install git-repair
Install git-repair on Fedora 36 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install git-repair using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install git-repair
How To Uninstall git-repair on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the git-repair package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove git-repair
git-repair Package Contents on Fedora 36
/usr/bin/git-repair
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/fb
/usr/lib/.build-id/fb/e255594e615db7b232ad1b5c1fb665ca49dfd3
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/git-repair
/usr/share/doc/git-repair
/usr/share/doc/git-repair/CHANGELOG
/usr/share/doc/git-repair/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/git-repair
/usr/share/licenses/git-repair/COPYRIGHT
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install git-repair on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).