From: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2005 13:17:33 GMT
Subject: Re: Problem cloning the Linux history tree
Message-ID: <20051104131733.7012A353C33@atlas.denx.de>
In-Reply-To: <7vacgkzqau.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>

In message <7vacgkzqau.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> you wrote:
>
> > Missing object of tag v2.6.14-rc3... unable to retrieve
> 
> I do not have a clue on this one; I am assuming that it is
> coming from cg-fetch.
> 


> Quick question.  Is the source repository fully packed (i.e. git
> repack followed by git prune)?  If that is the case there is

Yes, it is. I decided to run repack + update-server-info hoping  that
would help to cleanup the state.

> nothing to worry about.  The latest git prunes empty
> $GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY/??/ directories and recreates them on
> demand.

I see. Thanks.

> > error: Could not interpret tags/DENX-2005-10-02-18:30 as something to pull
> 
> This one I can answer.  It is the colon in your tag name.
> Please rename it to make git-check-ref-format(1) happy, run
> git-update-server-info(1) and try again.

Understood. Thanks.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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