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<p>So exactly <strong>because</strong> the SHA-1 hash is cryptographically secure, the hash
itself doesn&#8217;t actually tell you anything, in order to fix a corrupt
object you basically have to find the "original source" for it.</p>
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<p>The easiest way to do that is almost always to have backups, and find the
same object somewhere else. Backups really are a good idea, and Git makes
it pretty easy (if nothing else, just cl