TREES=$(git cat-file --batch-check='%(objectname) %(objecttype)' --batch-all-objects | grep tree | cut -f1 -d" ") ALL_TREE_CHILDREN=$(for TREE in $TREES; do git cat-file -p $TREE | cut -f1 | cut -f3 -d" " done) NUMBER_OF_CHILDREN=$(echo "$ALL_TREE_CHILDREN" | wc -l) UNIQUE_CHILDREN=$(echo "$ALL_TREE_CHILDREN" | sort -u | wc -l) test "$NUMBER_OF_CHILDREN" -gt "$UNIQUE_CHILDREN"