git-commit-vandalism/git-lost-found.sh

#!/bin/sh

. git-sh-setup || die "Not a git archive."

laf="$GIT_DIR/lost-found"
rm -fr "$laf" && mkdir -p "$laf/commit" "$laf/other" || exit

git fsck-objects |
while read dangling type sha1
do
	case "$dangling" in
	dangling)
		if git-rev-parse --verify "$sha1^0" >/dev/null 2>/dev/null
		then
			dir="$laf/commit"
			git-show-branch "$sha1"
		else
			dir="$laf/other"
		fi
		echo "$sha1" >"$dir/$sha1"
		;;
	esac
done