On Tue, 7 Aug 2007 13:28:14 -0400 Theodore Tso <tytso@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 07, 2007 at 06:23:46PM +0200, Valerie Clement wrote: > > Hi Ted, > > > > I tried to clone the source tree but it failed. > > > > The command "git-clone > > http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/fs/ext2/e2fsprogs.git"; failed with : > > "error: Could not interpret tags/APPLE_UUID_SNAP_1 as something to > > pull" > > > > The command "git-clone http://repo.or.cz/r/e2fsprogs.git"; failed > > with: "error: Can't lock ref" > > What version of git are you using? Make sure you are using something > which is at least git 1.5.x. I get the same error as Valerie when using version 1.4.4.2. The same version worked a couple of weeks ago when using the http URL. > > BTW, the better URL's to use are: > > git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/fs/ext2/e2fsprogs.git > > or > > git clone git://repo.or.cz/e2fsprogs.git This seems to works fine using my older version of git. > The http walkers are *much* more inefficient. I did try out git-clone > using the http URL's, and it works, but it's slow. The other > possibility is that you have some kind of nasty http transparent proxy > which is corrupting the http protocol stream. This is why the git > transport is seriously the much, much, MUCH better alternative. > > > - Ted -JRS - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
