From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jakub Narebski Subject: Re: Confused about "ident" filter Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2008 01:27:30 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: References: <48076059.4040503@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Peter Karlsson , Git Mailing List To: Paolo Bonzini X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sat Apr 19 18:01:57 2008 connect(): Connection refused Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Jn8Qm-0004Om-UY for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Sat, 19 Apr 2008 10:28:21 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752790AbYDSI1g (ORCPT ); Sat, 19 Apr 2008 04:27:36 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752774AbYDSI1e (ORCPT ); Sat, 19 Apr 2008 04:27:34 -0400 Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com ([72.14.220.159]:28070 "EHLO fg-out-1718.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751911AbYDSI1d (ORCPT ); Sat, 19 Apr 2008 04:27:33 -0400 Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id l27so861195fgb.17 for ; Sat, 19 Apr 2008 01:27:32 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:received:received:x-authentication-warning:to:cc:subject:references:from:in-reply-to:message-id:lines:user-agent:mime-version:content-type:date; bh=kBgLzcq85JTlKgkkSCNoYFCOXDJHGjxT3ZYqAuSYBfc=; b=PMmiXt6LwcGvMFA/quDPXkDVFS2UB7VNJUBt9zb//zqP2KD3Z7IqUbyg1LK6NmeeK773f6yDM85WVlbVz8+O3tF+sMpyp8UhfwrjBTI//UebS3dXlgJOvye7GVQ+vgHGg9qjcBw8t9WZVZ2hWUEnBm7iuC50OMirCrprRI481wI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=x-authentication-warning:to:cc:subject:references:from:in-reply-to:message-id:lines:user-agent:mime-version:content-type:date; b=eioe3ghxawy5wn8nQrWz6peiEEesizjN+WoTRsA4salVsGKKb1dSB6S0UMNdtjYIRINhhNvgX585NKRAPC6/j8j1WKKxBtc0UJ4fKQuBH9xYoH7BBjb8zMJcJwgrp3qWtaH6117tjWdYPe1rMQlsfsV4SBHxF1hGoVijhen0JVM= Received: by 10.82.127.15 with SMTP id z15mr6345600buc.41.1208593651783; Sat, 19 Apr 2008 01:27:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.localdomain ( [83.8.208.125]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id d27sm1404692nfh.2.2008.04.19.01.27.29 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sat, 19 Apr 2008 01:27:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.localdomain (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id m3J8ROiF011454; Sat, 19 Apr 2008 10:27:25 +0200 Received: (from jnareb@localhost) by localhost.localdomain (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id m3J8RKWs011451; Sat, 19 Apr 2008 10:27:20 +0200 X-Authentication-Warning: localhost.localdomain: jnareb set sender to jnareb@gmail.com using -f In-Reply-To: <48076059.4040503@gnu.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.4 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Paolo Bonzini writes: > Peter Karlsson wrote: > > I tried doing "git checkout test.perl", I tried "git clone" to get a new > > copy of the repository, but still it showed only "$Id$". > > In fact I'm a little confused too. The only way I found to expand > "$Id$" consistently was "rm test.perl; git checkout test.perl", or "rm > test.perl; git reset --hard HEAD". I think that "git checkout -f test.perl" should work, forcing git to replace existing file. As to clone problem: it might be chicken and egg problem, with `ident` filter needing .gitattribites in working directory during checkout phase (currently there is no way to use gitattributes from a tree in repository), and checkout writing this file. -- Jakub Narebski Poland ShadeHawk on #git