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Re: git-clone: Unobvious error messages when update-server-info has not been run

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Gerrit Pape <pape@smarden.org>
Date
Dec 18, 2007, 12:23 UTC
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On Mon, Dec 17, 2007 at 07:43:59AM -0500, Jeff King wrote:
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> git-clone is supposed to detect this condition, but there was a bug in
> the error checking code. Can you confirm that this patch fixes it?
> 
> Gerrit, I think was caused by your f28dd477 (it is a funny shell
> interaction that the non-followed case branch resets $?, but it behaves
> the same with bash and dash).
Yes, I didn't expect that, but can confirm the problem and the fix.
Thanks, Gerrit.
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  3. Sebastian HarlDec 17, 2007
  4. Gerrit PapeDec 18, 2007

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