Jean-Luc Herren <jlh@xxxxxx> wrote: > After cloning a local repository with "git clone file://...", the > resulting repo had one big pack file, as expected, but also a > matching ".keep" file. Certainly this is a bug, isn't it? The > same happens if I clone git.git. I used git 1.5.6.1 but observed > the same with the current master. I bisected this behavior to > commit fa740529 by Shawn O. Pearce (CC'ing him). Since this dates > back to 2007, I wonder if maybe only I am seeing this, but I > cannot think of any reason for it. This is a known issue to me; I have been seeing this behavior myself since probably fa74 hit next. I just don't clone often so I've never thought about it much. ;-) I'm willing to bet its the hard-coded: + args.lock_pack = 1; inside of fetch_refs_via_pack() that is causing the .keep file to stay around after the clone. When this gets set the caller must delete the transport->pack_lockfile (if non-null) once the refs have all been updated to reference the objects downloaded into the pack file. Under git-clone all refs are new and there is little to no chance that someone issues "git gc" at the same time as the fetch is running, so git-clone never cleaned up the pack_lockfile. I think this would fix it. --8<-- Remove unnecessary pack-*.keep file after successful git-clone Once a clone is successful we no longer need to hold onto the .keep file created by the transport. Delete the file so we can later repack the complete repository. Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- builtin-clone.c | 7 +++++-- 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/builtin-clone.c b/builtin-clone.c index 7bcc664..7ee8275 100644 --- a/builtin-clone.c +++ b/builtin-clone.c @@ -337,6 +337,7 @@ int cmd_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) const struct ref *refs, *head_points_at, *remote_head, *mapped_refs; char branch_top[256], key[256], value[256]; struct strbuf reflog_msg; + struct transport *transport = NULL; struct refspec refspec; @@ -458,8 +459,7 @@ int cmd_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) refs = clone_local(path, git_dir); else { struct remote *remote = remote_get(argv[0]); - struct transport *transport = - transport_get(remote, remote->url[0]); + transport = transport_get(remote, remote->url[0]); if (!transport->get_refs_list || !transport->fetch) die("Don't know how to clone %s", transport->url); @@ -529,6 +529,9 @@ int cmd_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) option_no_checkout = 1; } + if (transport) + transport_unlock_pack(transport); + if (!option_no_checkout) { struct lock_file *lock_file = xcalloc(1, sizeof(struct lock_file)); struct unpack_trees_options opts; -- 1.5.6.74.g8a5e -- Shawn. -- 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