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Discovery
Reconstruct commits from a dumped .git folder.
overview
After gittools-dumper writes a folder of git objects, this node is the reconstruction step. It walks refs and objects and writes readable source instead of opaque blobs.
Provide git-folder with the dumped .git tree. Partial dumps still rebuild whatever objects remain, which is often enough to surface config and committed secrets.
It does not fetch from the web. For URL-to-source in one node, use gittools-dumper-extractor or gitjacker. Keep this node when you already have a dump on disk and want extract-only control.
use cases
Feed the Extractor a folder of dumped .git objects and it reconstructs the commits into readable source files you can review.
When the dumper returned an incomplete repository, the Extractor rebuilds as many files as the available objects allow rather than failing outright.
Pass the reconstructed source to a tool like gitleaks so credentials buried in the recovered history get surfaced and triaged.
Because each commit rebuilds into its own numbered folder, you can trace when a secret was introduced or which files changed across the exposed timeline.
reference
| Name | Type | Flag | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| git-folder | FOLDER | · | Dumped .git repository folder to reconstruct from (typically gittools-dumper output). |
Showing key inputs. gittools-extractor exposes 1 inputs in total.
example
# reconstruct source from a dumped .git folderextractor.sh ./dumped-git ./recovered############ Extractor is part of https://github.com/internetwache/GitTools## Developed and maintained by @gehaxelt from @internetwache###########[+] Found commit: 7f3c9a2e5d1b8046af2c9d3e1b0a5c47e9d28f61[+] Found file: /recovered/0-7f3c9a2e5d1b8046af2c9d3e1b0a5c47e9d28f61/config.php[+] Found file: /recovered/0-7f3c9a2e5d1b8046af2c9d3e1b0a5c47e9d28f61/.env[+] Found commit: 4b8e1d60c7a2f9538e0b6c1a4d7f2093ab5e6c82[+] Found file: /recovered/1-4b8e1d60c7a2f9538e0b6c1a4d7f2093ab5e6c82/config.phpguidance
Use gittools-extractor after a .git directory has been dumped to a folder and you need readable source back. It reconstructs; it does not download. Pair with gittools-dumper upstream. For download plus recovery in one node, use gittools-dumper-extractor.
Download half of GitTools. Run it first to produce the folder this node reconstructs from.
Combines download and reconstruction in one step when you have a live target URL.
Downloads and rebuilds an exposed repo from a URL rather than from a dumped folder.
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A dumped .git folder feeds gittools-extractor, which reconstructs the commits and writes the recovered source as a queryable output.
Facts on this page come from the live Trickest tool library.