From: Eric Gerlach <egerlach@feds.uwaterloo.ca>
To: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Is "show-ref -h" a good test for an empty repository?
Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2008 10:21:16 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <48C3E35C.2050903@feds.uwaterloo.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080906012941.GA2009@coredump.intra.peff.net>
Jeff King wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 05, 2008 at 08:45:34PM -0400, Eric Gerlach wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> Maybe "git rev-parse --verify HEAD"?
That seems like it would work too... any reason one would be better than
the other?
Cheers,
Eric Gerlach
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-09-07 14:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-09-06 0:45 Is "show-ref -h" a good test for an empty repository? Eric Gerlach
2008-09-06 1:29 ` Jeff King
2008-09-07 14:21 ` Eric Gerlach [this message]
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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