Linus's git tree broken?

Linus's git tree broken?

[Nathanael Nerode]

$ cg-clone http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git
defaulting to local storage area
06:02:39 URL:http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git/refs/heads/master [41/41] -> "refs/heads/origin" [1]
progress: 2 objects, 897 bytes
error: File 2a7e338ec2fc6aac461a11fe8049799e65639166 (http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git/objects/2a/7e338ec2fc6aac461a11fe8049799e65639166) corrupt

Cannot obtain needed blob 2a7e338ec2fc6aac461a11fe8049799e65639166
while processing commit 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000.
error: cannot map sha1 file 2a7e338ec2fc6aac461a11fe8049799e65639166
cg-pull: objects pull failed
cg-init: pull failed

Sure enough, that blob doesn't exist on the server.
What is going on here?

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Re: Linus's git tree broken?

[Andreas Schwab]

"Nathanael Nerode" <neroden@twcny.rr.com> writes:

> $ cg-clone http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git
> defaulting to local storage area
> 06:02:39 URL:http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git/refs/heads/master [41/41] -> "refs/heads/origin" [1]
> progress: 2 objects, 897 bytes
> error: File 2a7e338ec2fc6aac461a11fe8049799e65639166 (http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git/objects/2a/7e338ec2fc6aac461a11fe8049799e65639166) corrupt

You need to use the rsync method, http does not work with Linus' tree.

Andreas.

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