Cloning an empty repository manually (that is, doing 'git init' and
then doing all configuration by hand) can be a lot of work. Save the
user this work by allowing the cloning of empty repositories.
Signed-off-by: Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Thanks to Dscho for giving some pointers on how to do this.
builtin-clone.c | 17 +++++++++++++----
t/t5701-clone-local.sh | 16 ++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin-clone.c b/builtin-clone.c
index f7e5a7b..d5bba0e 100644
--- a/builtin-clone.c
+++ b/builtin-clone.c
@@ -522,14 +522,23 @@ int cmd_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
option_upload_pack);
refs = transport_get_remote_refs(transport);
- transport_fetch_refs(transport, refs);
+ if(refs)
+ transport_fetch_refs(transport, refs);
}
- clear_extra_refs();
+ if(refs) {
+ clear_extra_refs();
- mapped_refs = write_remote_refs(refs, &refspec, reflog_msg.buf);
+ mapped_refs = write_remote_refs(refs, &refspec, reflog_msg.buf);
- head_points_at = locate_head(refs, mapped_refs, &remote_head);
+ head_points_at = locate_head(refs, mapped_refs, &remote_head);
+ }
+ else {
+ warning("You appear to have cloned an empty repository.");
+ head_points_at = NULL;
+ remote_head = NULL;
+ option_no_checkout = 1;
+ }
if (head_points_at) {
/* Local default branch link */
diff --git a/t/t5701-clone-local.sh b/t/t5701-clone-local.sh
index 8dfaaa4..fbd9bfa 100755
--- a/t/t5701-clone-local.sh
+++ b/t/t5701-clone-local.sh
@@ -116,4 +116,20 @@ test_expect_success 'bundle clone with nonexistent HEAD' '
test ! -e .git/refs/heads/master
'
+test_expect_success 'clone empty repository' '
+ cd "$D" &&
+ mkdir empty &&
+ (cd empty && git init) &&
+ git clone empty empty-clone &&
+ test_tick &&
+ (cd empty-clone
+ echo "content" >> foo &&
+ git add foo &&
+ git commit -m "Initial commit" &&
+ git push origin master &&
+ expected=$(git rev-parse master) &&
+ actual=$(git --git-dir=../empty/.git rev-parse master) &&
+ test $actual = $expected)
+'
+
test_done
--
1.6.1.399.g0d272.dirty
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