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Re: [topgit] tg update error

From
Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date
Feb 12, 2009, 09:25 UTC
Message-ID
<20090212092558.GB21074@skywalker>
In-Reply-To
<20090212084811.GA14261@piper.oerlikon.madduck.net>
On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 09:48:11AM +0100, martin f krafft wrote:
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> also sprach Aneesh Kumar <aneesh.kumar@gmail.com> [2009.02.12.0909 +0100]:
> > doing a tg update with latest git gives the below error
> > 
> > [extent_validate@linux-2.6]$ tg update
> > fatal: Refusing to point HEAD outside of refs/heads/
> > [extent_validate@linux-2.6]$
> 
> Which version? And could you please provide (a lot) more information
> about your repository or make it available?
>

Latest git and topgit. Moving to git version v1.6.1.3 fixed the issue. I can reproduce the problem on any test repo. Just do a tg update after committing something in the dependent branch.

-aneesh
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