And it looks like git send-email doesn't attach the patch if you give it an introduction message, so here it is. Any +1s? commit 0c9d4490939f5c732e0e6ecbdeec0bf8da52497a Author: Patrick Uiterwijk <puiterwijk@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed Feb 25 10:50:18 2015 +0000 Just always take the first commit returned on the master branch Some repos have multiple first master commits due to force-pushes. Without this, that would crash upon branching for those packages. Signed-off-by: Patrick Uiterwijk <puiterwijk@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/roles/distgit/files/mkbranch b/roles/distgit/files/mkbranch index 1230571..9873202 100644 --- a/roles/distgit/files/mkbranch +++ b/roles/distgit/files/mkbranch @@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ for NAME in $PACKAGES ; do #} [ $VERBOSE -gt 0 ] && echo "Creating $NAME $BRANCH from $NAME ..." $(pushd $GITROOT/$NAME.git >/dev/null && \ - git branch --no-track $BRANCH `git rev-list --max-parents=0 master` && \ + git branch --no-track $BRANCH `git rev-list --max-parents=0 master | head -1` && \ popd >/dev/null) || { echo "ERROR: Branch $NAME $BRANCH could not be created" >&2 popd >/dev/null [puiterwijk@lockbox01 files]$ With kind regards, Patrick Uiterwijk Fedora Infra ----- Original Message ----- > This makes sure that only a single commit is passed onto git branch. > Sometimes, after a force push, a repo has multiple top-level commits for > master. > > _______________________________________________ > infrastructure mailing list > infrastructure@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/infrastructure _______________________________________________ infrastructure mailing list infrastructure@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/infrastructure