Re: "Argument list too long" in git remote update (Was: Git and GCC)

[Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>]

Hi,

On Mon, 17 Dec 2007, Geert Bosch wrote:

> 		On Dec 13, 2007, at 14:05, Harvey Harrison wrote:
> > After the discussions lately regarding the gcc svn mirror.  I'm coming
> > up with a recipe to set up your own git-svn mirror.  Suggestions on the
> > following.
> > 
> > // Create directory and initialize git
> > mkdir gcc
> > cd gcc
> > git init
> > // add the remote site that currently mirrors gcc
> > // I have chosen the name gcc.gnu.org *1* as my local name to refer to
> > // this choose something else if you like
> > git remote add gcc.gnu.org git://git.infradead.org/gcc.git
> > // fetching someone else's remote branches is not a standard thing to do
> > // so we'll need to edit our .git/config file
> > // you should have a section that looks like:
> > [remote "gcc.gnu.org"]
> >       url = git://git.infradead.org/gcc.git
> >       fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/gcc.gnu.org/*
> > // infradead's mirror puts the gcc svn branches in its own namespace
> > // refs/remotes/gcc.gnu.org/*
> > // change our fetch line accordingly
> > [remote "gcc.gnu.org"]
> >       url = git://git.infradead.org/gcc.git
> >       fetch = +refs/remotes/gcc.gnu.org/*:refs/remotes/gcc.gnu.org/*
> > // fetch the remote data from the mirror site
> > git remote update
> 
> With git version 1.5.3.6 on Mac OS X, this results in:
> potomac%:~/gcc%git remote update
> Updating gcc.gnu.org
> /opt/git/bin/git-fetch: line 220: /opt/git/bin/git: Argument list too long
> warning: no common commits
> [after a long wait and a good amount of network traffic]
> fatal: index-pack died of signal 13
> fetch gcc.gnu.org: command returned error: 126
> potomac%:~/gcc%
> 
> Any ideas on what to do to resolve this?

Unfortunately, the builtin remote did not make it into git's master yet, 
and it will probably miss 1.5.4.

Chances are that this would make the bug go away, but Junio said that on 
one of his machines, the regression tests fail with the builtin remote.

In the meantime, "git fetch gcc.gnu.org" should do what you want, 
methinks.

Hth,
Dscho