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Re: git-cvsserver wart?

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Martin Langhoff <martin.langhoff@gmail.com>
Date
May 26, 2006, 03:28 UTC
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On 5/26/06, Cameron McBride <cameron.mcbride@gmail.com> wrote:
> WARN  - file 'index' already exists in the git repository

This warning means that you are running git-cvsserver off a repo where you also have a checkout. git-cvsserver really expects to be running off a 'naked' or 'bare' repo. For read only ops I think it kind-of works in a 'checkout' repo, but commits are a different story.

cheers,
m
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