A common error is to do "git-p4 sync" in a repository that was not initialized by "git-p4 clone". There will be no p4 refs. The error message in this case is a traceback for an assertion, which is confusing. Change it instead to explain the likely problem. Signed-off-by: Pete Wyckoff <pw@xxxxxxxx> --- contrib/fast-import/git-p4 | 2 ++ 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/contrib/fast-import/git-p4 b/contrib/fast-import/git-p4 index 6b847c4..04e6c3d 100755 --- a/contrib/fast-import/git-p4 +++ b/contrib/fast-import/git-p4 @@ -1676,6 +1676,8 @@ class P4Sync(Command): changes.sort() else: + if not self.p4BranchesInGit: + die("No remote p4 branches. Perhaps you never did \"git p4 clone\" in here."); if self.verbose: print "Getting p4 changes for %s...%s" % (', '.join(self.depotPaths), self.changeRange) -- 1.7.2.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html