From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Stephen R. van den Berg" Subject: Re: [PATCH] Check for circular references causing 'lost' nodes Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2008 16:41:53 +0200 Message-ID: <20080426144153.GA21197@cuci.nl> References: <20080425234556.C271E545D@aristoteles.cuci.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii To: git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sat Apr 26 16:43:10 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 1JplcI-00061c-5p for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Sat, 26 Apr 2008 16:43:06 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752176AbYDZOl7 (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 Apr 2008 10:41:59 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752106AbYDZOl7 (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 Apr 2008 10:41:59 -0400 Received: from aristoteles.cuci.nl ([212.125.128.18]:34742 "EHLO aristoteles.cuci.nl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752035AbYDZOl6 (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 Apr 2008 10:41:58 -0400 Received: by aristoteles.cuci.nl (Postfix, from userid 500) id D2566545E; Sat, 26 Apr 2008 16:41:53 +0200 (CEST) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080425234556.C271E545D@aristoteles.cuci.nl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: The most likely cause for circular references are bad entries in the grafts file (like I did once); since basically noone tells you where you went wrong, it can be a bit puzzling to find out that part of your tree goes dark sometimes, depending on which tool/options you pick to walk the commit-tree. -- Sincerely, srb@cuci.nl Stephen R. van den Berg (AKA BuGless). "God gave us a penis and a brain but not enough blood to use both at the same time." -- Robin Williams