cmd_archive was calling git_config -> setup_git_env prior to write_archive calling setup_git_directory. In a bare repository, the former will set git_dir to be '.git' since the latter has not determined that it's operating in a bare repository yet. Things are complicated, however, by the fact that git archive --list should work from anywhere, not just in git repositories, so that argument needs to be checked for before setup_git_directory is called. --- On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 06:45:30PM +0000, kenneth johansson wrote: > On Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:08:29 -0400, Deskin Miller wrote: > > > On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 08:42:01AM +0000, kenneth johansson wrote: > >> I was going to make a tar of the latest stable linux kernel. Done it > >> before but now I got a strange problem. > >> > >> >git archive --format=tar v2.6.27.2 > >> fatal: Not a valid object name > > > > I had the same thing happen to me, while trying to make an archive of > > Git. Were you perchance working in a bare repository, as I was? I spent > > some time looking at it and I think git archive sets up the environment > > in the wrong order, though of course I never finished a patch so I'm > > going from memory: > > Yes it was a bare repository. > > > > > After looking at the code again, I think the issue is that git_config is > > called in builtin-archive.c:cmd_archive before setup_git_directory is > > called in archive.c:write_archive. The former ends up setting GIT_DIR > > to be '.git' even if you're in a bare repository. My coding skills > > weren't up to fixing it easily; moving setup_git_directory before > > git_config in builtin-archive caused last test of t5000 to fail: > > GIT_DIR=some/nonexistent/path git archive --list should still display > > the archive formats. > > if I do > GIT_DIR=. git archive --format=tar v2.6.27.2 > > it does work so it looks like you are on the right track. Looks like this works, but I think it's really ugly; let me know if you have any suggestions for improvement. archive.c | 13 +++++++++++++ archive.h | 1 + builtin-archive.c | 4 +++- t/t5000-tar-tree.sh | 9 +++++++++ 4 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/archive.c b/archive.c index e2280df..d8e4373 100644 --- a/archive.c +++ b/archive.c @@ -325,6 +325,19 @@ static int parse_archive_args(int argc, const char **argv, return argc; } +int archive_parse_options_early(int argc, const char **argv) +{ + int i; + for (i = 1; i < argc; ++i) { + if (!strcmp(argv[i], "--list")) { + for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(archivers); i++) + printf("%s\n", archivers[i].name); + exit(0); + } + } + return 0; +} + int write_archive(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix, int setup_prefix) { diff --git a/archive.h b/archive.h index 0b15b35..ff5b6cf 100644 --- a/archive.h +++ b/archive.h @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ extern int write_tar_archive(struct archiver_args *); extern int write_zip_archive(struct archiver_args *); extern int write_archive_entries(struct archiver_args *args, write_archive_entry_fn_t write_entry); +extern int archive_parse_options_early(int argc, const char **argv); extern int write_archive(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix, int setup_prefix); #endif /* ARCHIVE_H */ diff --git a/builtin-archive.c b/builtin-archive.c index 432ce2a..e518113 100644 --- a/builtin-archive.c +++ b/builtin-archive.c @@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ int cmd_archive(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) { const char *remote = NULL; + archive_parse_options_early(argc, argv); + prefix = setup_git_directory(); git_config(git_default_config, NULL); remote = extract_remote_arg(&argc, argv); @@ -119,5 +121,5 @@ int cmd_archive(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) setvbuf(stderr, NULL, _IOLBF, BUFSIZ); - return write_archive(argc, argv, prefix, 1); + return write_archive(argc, argv, prefix, 0); } diff --git a/t/t5000-tar-tree.sh b/t/t5000-tar-tree.sh index e395ff4..53fe25c 100755 --- a/t/t5000-tar-tree.sh +++ b/t/t5000-tar-tree.sh @@ -192,4 +192,13 @@ test_expect_success \ 'git archive --list outside of a git repo' \ 'GIT_DIR=some/non-existing/directory git archive --list' +test_expect_success \ + 'git archive inside bare repository' \ + 'git clone --bare "$(pwd)"/.git trash-bare && + cd trash-bare && + git archive --format=tar HEAD >/dev/null && + cd .. && + rm -rf trash-bare + ' + test_done -- 1.6.0.2.554.g3041b -- 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