On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 08:22:02AM +0100, Nigel Magnay wrote:
> git 1.5.4.4 on ubuntu, I cvsimport a repository that has an oddly
> named branch - I get
>
> sh: Syntax error: "(" unexpected
> Cannot write branch ChapelHill_3_0(iteration2)_esap_demo for update:
> Bad file descriptor
Looks like cvsimport is handing something as an argument to a git
command, but we accidentally involve the shell. Maybe here:
diff --git a/git-cvsimport.perl b/git-cvsimport.perl
index 95c5eec..bdac5d5 100755
--- a/git-cvsimport.perl
+++ b/git-cvsimport.perl
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ sub commit {
waitpid($pid,0);
die "Error running git-commit-tree: $?\n" if $?;
- system("git-update-ref $remote/$branch $cid") == 0
+ system('git-update-ref', "$remote/$branch", $cid) == 0
or die "Cannot write branch $branch for update: $!\n";
if ($tag) {
Does that fix it?
> Any ideas on how to diagnose / fix it further ?
If that doesn't work, you might try running with GIT_TRACE=1, and then
you can see which commands are being run when the error occurs.
-Peff
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