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Re: [BUG?] "error: cache entry has null sha1"

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Oct 31, 2013, 17:15 UTC
Message-ID
<20131031171539.GA19142@sigill.intra.peff.net>
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On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 10:11:49AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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>  - Try to discard
> 
>    $ git am --abort
>    error: cache entry has null sha1: remote-curl.c
>    fatal: unable to write new index file
> 
>    This should not happen, no?
> 
> "git reset --hard" will remove the funnies, but still...

I ran into this recently, too. Isn't it just the twoway_merge bug we were discussing here:

  http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/202440/focus=212316
I don't think we ever actually applied a fix.
-Peff
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Message 8 of 17 in “remote-curl: fix large pushes with GSSAPI”
  1. remote-curl: fix large pushes with GSSAPIbrian m. carlson, Oct 29, 2013
  2. Jeff KingOct 30, 2013
  3. brian m. carlsonOct 30, 2013
  4. Jeff KingOct 31, 2013
  5. 1/3 http: return curl's AUTHAVAIL via slot_resultsJeff King, Oct 31, 2013
  6. 2/3 remote-curl: pass curl slot_results back through run_slotJeff King, Oct 31, 2013
  7. [BUG?] "error: cache entry has null sha1"Junio C Hamano, Oct 31, 2013
  8. Jeff KingOct 31, 2013
  9. Jeff KingOct 31, 2013
  10. Junio C HamanoOct 31, 2013
  11. Re* [BUG?] "error: cache entry has null sha1"Junio C Hamano, Nov 1, 2013
  12. 1/3 unpack-trees: fix "read-tree -u --reset A B" with conflicted indexJunio C Hamano, Nov 1, 2013
  13. 2/3 t1005: reindentJunio C Hamano, Nov 1, 2013
  14. 3/3 t1005: add test for "read-tree --reset -u A B"Junio C Hamano, Nov 1, 2013
  15. Jeff KingNov 3, 2013
  16. 3/3 remote-curl: fix large pushes with GSSAPIJeff King, Oct 31, 2013
  17. brian m. carlsonOct 31, 2013

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