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Re: Pulling linux-2.6.git with gitinit.sh and gitpull.sh fails

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MSMartin Schlemmer <azarah@nosferatu.za.org>
Date
Apr 22, 2005, 14:00 UTC
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<1114178422.29271.12.camel@nosferatu.lan>
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<200504221450.48196.rhys@rhyshardwick.co.uk>
On Fri, 2005-04-22 at 14:50 +0100, Rhys Hardwick wrote:
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> On Friday 22 Apr 2005 14:52, Martin Schlemmer wrote:
> > On Fri, 2005-04-22 at 14:42 +0100, Rhys Hardwick wrote:
> > > Hey there,
> > >
> > > I am trying to pull the latest repository of the linux-2.6 git from
> > > Linus' rsync mirror.
> > >
> > > Here is the shell:
> > >
> > > ===========
> > >
> > > rhys@metatron:~/repo/linux-2.6.repo$ gitinit.sh
> > > rsync://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/torvalds/linux-2.6.git
> > > defaulting to local storage area
> > > gitpull.sh: unknown remote
> > > gitinit.sh: pull failed
> > > rhys@metatron:~/repo/linux-2.6.repo$ rm -r .git
> > > rhys@metatron:~/repo/linux-2.6.repo$ gitinit.sh
> > > www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/torvalds/linux-2.6.git
> > > defaulting to local storage area
> > > gitpull.sh: unknown remote
> > > gitinit.sh: pull failed
> > > rhys@metatron:~/repo/linux-2.6.repo$
> > >
> > > =============
> > >
> > > Any idea why this is not working?
> >
> > Try:
> >
> >  $ git init
> > rsync://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/torvalds/linux-2.6.git
> 
> Exactly the same, sorry.....
> 

With latest git-pasky, after blowing the .git directory? I am not sure (and have not checked) that git will do the right thing if you retry without clearing.

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Martin Schlemmer
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