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From: Eric Gerlach <egerlach@feds.uwaterloo.ca>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Is "show-ref -h" a good test for an empty repository?
Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:45:34 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <48C1D2AE.3010001@feds.uwaterloo.ca> (raw)

Hi,

I'm trying to test to see if "git diff --cached" will fail because there 
are no existing commits.  I've come up with running "git show-ref -h -q" 
and testing its return value.  My hypothesis is: If and only if 
git-show-ref succeeds then git-diff will succeed.

Are my logic and assumptions sound?  I'm a bit out of my git comfort 
zone here, so I'd like to get some validation from some people who know 
better.

Thanks in advance for the help!

Cheers,

-- 
Eric Gerlach, Network Administrator
Federation of Students
University of Waterloo
p: (519) 888-4567 x36329
e: egerlach@feds.uwaterloo.ca

             reply	other threads:[~2008-09-06  1:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-09-06  0:45 Eric Gerlach [this message]
2008-09-06  1:29 ` Is "show-ref -h" a good test for an empty repository? Jeff King
2008-09-07 14:21   ` Eric Gerlach
2008-09-07 15:50     ` Jeff King
2008-09-07 17:31       ` Junio C Hamano
2008-09-07 17:34         ` Jeff King
2008-09-08 13:24           ` Eric Gerlach
2008-09-08 14:42             ` Jeff King

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