Frequent git repository corruptions

[Pierre Neidhardt]

Hi Guix!

This might be unrelated to Guix but since I'm in the dark here, I
figured I'd rather ask, maybe someone ran into a similar issue.

For the past 2-4 weeks I've had at least 4 Git repositories that got
corrupted for no apparent reason.  Even a checkout that I had never
touched.

When it happens, errors show up on most git commands, usually `git diff`
but sometimes also `git status`:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> git diff
error: object file .git/objects/e0/1bd6c3c77309b13dab22f9e0de33576ede944f is 
empty
fatal: unable to read e01bd6c3c77309b13dab22f9e0de33576ede944f
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

A quick Internet search led me to realize there is little to do to
recover the corrupted repository beside cloning it again.  I haven't
lost anything so far, knock on wood.

My first thought was a hard drive issue.  I have a NVMe SAMSUNG
MZVLW256HEHP.
I ran some smartmontools test, everything looks fine.

But now that I think about it, I did not notice any other issue than
within the .git folder, so maybe it's a... Git issue?

Would it be possible that the Guix package of Git be the culprit?
I run git 2.19.0 and a repo got corrupted just this morning.

I use emacs-magit all the time.  Not sure it's related considering that
a repository I never edited also got corrupted.

Anyone?

--
Pierre Neidhardt
https://ambrevar.xyz/

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