On Mon, Dec 10, 2007 at 05:27:17PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Thanks for a reminder. Anything else? This bugfix has been sitting in my repo for a few weeks. When it last appeared, you asked if the other code paths needed a similar fix, and I verified that they did not, so I think it is complete as-is. -- >8 -- git-clone: print an error message when trying to clone empty repo Previously, cloning an empty repository looked like this: $ (mkdir parent && cd parent && git --bare init) $ git-clone parent child Initialized empty Git repository in /home/peff/clone/child/.git/ $ cd child -bash: cd: child: No such file or directory $ echo 'wtf?' | mail git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Now we at least report that the clone was not successful. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> --- git-clone.sh | 3 ++- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/git-clone.sh b/git-clone.sh index ecf9d89..96a356d 100755 --- a/git-clone.sh +++ b/git-clone.sh @@ -297,7 +297,8 @@ yes) find objects -type f -print | sed -e 1q) # objects directory should not be empty because # we are cloning! - test -f "$repo/$sample_file" || exit + test -f "$repo/$sample_file" || + die "fatal: cannot clone empty repository" if ln "$repo/$sample_file" "$GIT_DIR/objects/sample" 2>/dev/null then rm -f "$GIT_DIR/objects/sample" -- 1.5.3.7.2224.ge4a5 - 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