If the repo is empty, it is obvious that there are no common commits when fetching from _anywhere_. So there is no use in saying it in that case, and it can even be annoying. Therefore suppress the message unilaterally if the repository is empty prior to the fetch. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@xxxxxx> --- This patch was originally developed in the 4msysgit branch. builtin-fetch-pack.c | 3 ++- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/builtin-fetch-pack.c b/builtin-fetch-pack.c index f4dbcf0..2175c6d 100644 --- a/builtin-fetch-pack.c +++ b/builtin-fetch-pack.c @@ -309,7 +309,8 @@ done: } flushes--; } - return retval; + /* it is no error to fetch into a completely empty repo */ + return count ? retval : 0; } static struct commit_list *complete; -- 1.5.6.1.300.gca3f -- 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