Re: git 1.5.1-rc1 doesn't like empty files

From: Nicolas Vilz <niv@iaglans.de>
Date: Mar 20, 2007, 04:24 UTC
Message-ID: <20070320042438.GA31795@hermes.lan.home.vilz.de>
In-Reply-To: <1174361424.3143.42.camel@dv>

On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 11:30:24PM -0400, Pavel Roskin wrote:

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> Hello!
> 
> I don't know where this problem appeared, but it present in the current
> git (1.5.1-rc1).  Empty files become invalid objects in the repository:
> 
> $ touch file 
> $ git-init
> Initialized empty Git repository in .git/
> $ git-add file
> $ git-commit -m "first commit"
> Created initial commit 16a476808d3cb0a4758997ba58193a9dcfad0fd8
> error: garbage at end of loose object
> 'e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391'
>  0 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 file
> $

I get the following after the last command:

Created initial commit a0e02efbe85ee1c1f4b8ba703ccae2f4e64e6ed0
 0 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 file

I use git version 1.5.1.rc1.595.gd1206 on a current gentoo system (Portage 2.1.2.2 (default-linux/amd64/2006.1/desktop, gcc-4.1.2, glibc-2.5-r1, 2.6.20-gentoo-r3 x86_64)) with a not so current portage tree (Timestamp of tree: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 12:00:01 +0000).

in a few hours, i can test that on ppc32 arch, too, if you like.

Regards, Nicolas Vilz