From: Martin Langhoff <martin@catalyst.net.nz>
To: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-clone: Error meaningfully on failed HTTP fetches of HEAD
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 12:28:38 +1200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <461D7D36.4000407@catalyst.net.nz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7vwt0imoc3.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> A bare clone that fails to fetch HEAD will still complete
>> "successfully". I'm not sure if that's expected/desired. Is a
>> HEADless repo valid in any situation?
>
> You would get "fatal: Not a git repository". Why not default to
> 'master' (if found) and issue a warning?
And if not found die() for real...? Ok. I'll rework and resend.
cheers,
m
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2007-04-11 22:05 [PATCH] git-clone: Error meaningfully on failed HTTP fetches of HEAD Martin Langhoff
2007-04-12 0:24 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-04-12 0:28 ` Martin Langhoff [this message]
2007-04-12 0:38 ` Junio C Hamano
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