From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Shawn O. Pearce" Subject: Re: git-fast-import question Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:48:55 -0700 Message-ID: <20090729224855.GD1033@spearce.org> References: <1e30a6d10907291536y3ec68caq8788aef2b7c34a6f@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: git To: Troy Telford X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Thu Jul 30 00:49:03 2009 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 1MWHxG-0003nq-VA for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:49:03 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754804AbZG2Ws4 (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:48:56 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754799AbZG2Wsz (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:48:55 -0400 Received: from george.spearce.org ([209.20.77.23]:35679 "EHLO george.spearce.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754790AbZG2Wsz (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:48:55 -0400 Received: by george.spearce.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 08B8C381FD; Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:48:55 +0000 (UTC) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1e30a6d10907291536y3ec68caq8788aef2b7c34a6f@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17+20080114 (2008-01-14) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Troy Telford wrote: > But when I run fast-import, I receive an error to the extent of: > fatal: Path path/to/some/file not in branch > > So to me, it looks like the file that I'm renaming should exist in the > branch - it's not being renamed anywhere, not being deleted, and the > branch isn't reset. Yet fast-import doesn't seem to think the file > exists. Perhaps try inserting a checkpoint just before the rename commit, so you can actually look at the tree structure in the output branch when the crash occurs. My initial guess is, you don't have what you think you have. -- Shawn.