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Re: [PATCH 2/2] clone: Allow repo using gitfile as a reference

From
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date
Apr 9, 2013, 00:24 UTC
Message-ID
<20130409002456.GW30308@google.com>
In-Reply-To
<1365461200-13509-3-git-send-email-aaron@schrab.com>
Aaron Schrab wrote:
Show 15 quoted lines
> --- a/builtin/clone.c
> +++ b/builtin/clone.c
> @@ -232,11 +232,19 @@ static void strip_trailing_slashes(char *dir)
>  static int add_one_reference(struct string_list_item *item, void *cb_data)
>  {
>  	char *ref_git;
> +	const char *repo;
>  	struct strbuf alternate = STRBUF_INIT;
>  
> -	/* Beware: real_path() and mkpath() return static buffer */
> +	/* Beware: read_gitfile(), real_path() and mkpath() return static buffer */
>  	ref_git = xstrdup(real_path(item->string));
> -	if (is_directory(mkpath("%s/.git/objects", ref_git))) {
> +
> +	repo = read_gitfile(mkpath("%s/.git", ref_git));
[...]
Show 8 quoted lines
> +++ b/t/t5700-clone-reference.sh
> @@ -185,4 +185,11 @@ test_expect_success 'fetch with incomplete alternates' '
>  	! grep " want $tag_object" "$U.K"
>  '
>  
> +test_expect_success 'clone using repo with gitfile as a reference' '
> +	git clone --separate-git-dir=L A M &&
> +	git clone --reference=M A N &&
What should happen if I pass --reference=M/.git?
> +	echo "$base_dir/L/objects" > expected &&

The usual style in tests is to include no space after >redirection operators.

With those two changes,
Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
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Message 11 of 28 in “clone: Fix error message for reference repository”
  1. 1/2 clone: Fix error message for reference repositoryAaron Schrab, Apr 7, 2013
  2. 2/2 clone: Allow repo using gitfile as a referenceAaron Schrab, Apr 7, 2013
  3. Jonathan NiederApr 7, 2013
  4. Aaron SchrabApr 8, 2013
  5. Junio C HamanoApr 8, 2013
  6. Aaron SchrabApr 8, 2013
  7. 0/2 Using gitfile repository with clone --referenceAaron Schrab, Apr 8, 2013
  8. 1/2 clone: Fix error message for reference repositoryAaron Schrab, Apr 8, 2013
  9. Jonathan NiederApr 9, 2013
  10. 2/2 clone: Allow repo using gitfile as a referenceAaron Schrab, Apr 8, 2013
  11. Jonathan NiederApr 9, 2013
  12. Aaron SchrabApr 9, 2013
  13. Junio C HamanoApr 9, 2013
  14. Aaron SchrabApr 9, 2013
  15. 0/2 Using gitfile repository with clone --referenceAaron Schrab, Apr 9, 2013
  16. 1/2 clone: Fix error message for reference repositoryAaron Schrab, Apr 9, 2013
  17. 2/2 clone: Allow repo using gitfile as a referenceAaron Schrab, Apr 9, 2013
  18. Junio C HamanoApr 9, 2013
  19. Jonathan NiederApr 7, 2013
  20. Aaron SchrabApr 8, 2013
  21. Aaron SchrabApr 8, 2013
  22. Junio C HamanoApr 8, 2013
  23. Aaron SchrabApr 8, 2013
  24. Junio C HamanoApr 8, 2013
  25. Aaron SchrabApr 8, 2013
  26. Junio C HamanoApr 8, 2013
  27. Aaron SchrabApr 8, 2013
  28. Junio C HamanoApr 8, 2013

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