>-----Original Message----- >From: Peter Baumann [mailto:waste.manager@xxxxxx] >Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 3:17 PM >To: Sparks, Sam >Cc: git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: Re: Git'ing a non-labeled set of sources > >On Wed, Aug 08, 2007 at 02:52:14PM -0500, Sparks, Sam wrote: >> >> >> >-----Original Message----- >> >From: Peter Baumann [mailto:waste.manager@xxxxxx] >> >Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 2:37 PM >> >To: Sparks, Sam >> >Cc: git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> >Subject: Re: Git'ing a non-labeled set of sources >> > >> >On Wed, Aug 08, 2007 at 01:59:38PM -0500, Sparks, Sam wrote: >> >> Hello All, >> >> >> >> Please excuse me if this is an ignorant question; I'm new to >> >git and my >> >> have overlooked something in the documentation. >> >> >> >> I'm attempting to obtain a snapshot of source code from an >> >unlabeled git >> >> branch in a public repository. I've found in the >documentation that a >> >> timestamp cannot be used to specify a particular version of >> >source code, >> >> but I believe I can work with the commit value as returned by 'git >> >> show'. >> >> >> >> However, I have been unsuccessful in my attempts to use this >> >identifier >> >> to clone or checkout the associated source tree. Has anyone been >> >> successful in using git to successfully replicate an >> >unlabeled version >> >> of sources in a repository? >> >> >> >> Here is my latest attempt: >> >> /dir_i_want_to_replicate $ git show --pretty=short >> >> commit 5b1313fb2758ffce8b624457f777d8cc6709608d >> >> Author: .... >> >> >> >> /replication_dir $ git clone git://www.denx.de/git/u-boot.git >> >> u-boot-mpc83xx >> >> Blah blah blah.. >> >> 100% (4378/4378) done >> >> /replication_dir/u-boot-mpc83xx/ $ git checkout >> >> 5b1313fb2758ffce8b624457f777d8cc6709608d >> >> error: pathspec '5b1313fb2758ffce8b624457f777d8cc6709608d' >> >did not match >> >> any. >> >> >> > >> >Because there is no 5b1313fb2758ffce8b624457f777d8cc6709608d in the >> >repo. >> > >> > $ git clone git://www.denx.de/git/u-boot.git >> > Initialized empty Git repository in /tmp/u-boot/.git/ >> > remote: Generating pack... >> > remote: Done counting 40938 objects. >> > remote: Deltifying 40938 objects. >> > remote: 100% (40938/40938) done >> > Indexing 40938 objects... >> > remote: Total 40938 (delta 32545), reused 39302 (delta 31040) >> > 100% (40938/40938) done >> > Resolving 32545 deltas... >> > 100% (32545/32545) done >> > >> > $ cd u-boot; git-rev-list --all|grep ^5b1 >> > 5b1d713721c3ea02549940133f09236783dda1f9 >> > >> >-Peter >> >> Hmmm. There must be something I am not understanding about git. >> When I run the same command on my existing git repository, I get the >> following: >> $ git-rev-list --all | grep ^5b1 >> 5b1313fb2758ffce8b624457f777d8cc6709608d >> 5b1d713721c3ea02549940133f09236783dda1f9 >> >> Does git allow the removal of commits? I don't understand >how I was able >> to download it a couple of months ago, but it is no longer >accessible. >> >> Thanks for the quick reply, >> Sam > >If the branch was rebased, then yes. But this is not nice for >contributers, so it is normally the rule to not rebase a published >branch. But e.g. the branch 'pu' on git.git is a branch which will be >rebased. This is mentioned by Junio in his notes from the maintainer. > >What made me wonder is, if you have the commit localy, why can't you >check it out? Please try a git-fsck --full run, to see if you have a >corrupt repo. > >-Peter > > I had to upgrade from git v1.4.4.4 to v1.5.0.7 to have access to the git-fsck command. 'git-fsck --full' printed out nothing, and 'git-fsck --full run' printed out an error message (error: invalid parameter: expected sha1, got 'run'). Was I doing something wrong? --Sam - 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
