What does git fsck stand for?

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Maic López Sáenz picture Maic López Sáenz · Jan 16, 2014 · Viewed 23.7k times · Source

What is the meaning in behind the fsck command name?

The documentation of the command does not seem to mention what the name stands for.

Answer

Barmar picture Barmar · Jan 16, 2014

It stands for File System ChecK. The name is taken from the Unix fsck command, which is used to validate a file system.

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