fatal: bad object xxx

Question

I tried reverting to a previous git commit with:

git revert xxx

I\'m now receiving this error as a response:

fatal: bad object          


        

Answer 1

Objects that don't exist in the repository give that error message

E.g.:

 git init
 touch a
 git add a
 git commit -m 0
 # This object is not in the repository.
 git show 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111

As for what causes the problem, it is hard to say without a minimal reproducible example.

Submodule woes have given me that error once.