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Re: What am I doing wrong?

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PGPaul Gardiner <paul@laser-point.co.uk>
Date
May 16, 2008, 12:34 UTC
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Johannes Schindelin wrote:
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> Hi,
> 
> On Fri, 16 May 2008, Paul Gardiner wrote:
> 
>> I create the initial repository with
>>
>>     git-clone /<full-path>/<name>.git/ <folder>
>>
>> That works fine, but then I can't fetch. git-fetch gives the error
>> "fatal: 'origin': unable to chdir or not a git archive"
>> "fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly"
> 
> Did you chdir into <folder> before trying to fetch?

Yes, it wasn't that... well to be fair I forgot to chdir the first time, but it warned me about that.

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  1. Paul GardinerMay 16, 2008
  2. Michael J GruberMay 16, 2008
  3. Paul GardinerMay 16, 2008
  4. Michael J GruberMay 16, 2008
  5. Paul GardinerMay 16, 2008
  6. Johannes SchindelinMay 16, 2008
  7. Michael J GruberMay 16, 2008
  8. Paul GardinerMay 16, 2008
  9. Paul GardinerMay 16, 2008
  10. Kevin BallardMay 16, 2008
  11. Paul GardinerMay 16, 2008
  12. Johannes SchindelinMay 16, 2008
  13. Paul GardinerMay 16, 2008

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