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

> On Friday 22 Apr 2005 15:00, Martin Schlemmer wrote:
> > On Fri, 2005-04-22 at 14:50 +0100, Rhys Hardwick wrote:
> > > 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.
> 
> Yes to all the above.  I pulled the latest today, and make && make install.  
> Also, I have tried it with a .git in place, deleted, in the unpacked 
> 2.6.11-r3 source, all of the above!
> 
> >From what I can gather, it must happen in an empty directory, and that is what 
> the top two examples are.
>