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Re: Is "show-ref -h" a good test for an empty repository?

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EGEric Gerlach <egerlach@feds.uwaterloo.ca>
Date
Sep 7, 2008, 14:21 UTC
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Jeff King wrote:
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> On Fri, Sep 05, 2008 at 08:45:34PM -0400, Eric Gerlach wrote:
> 
>> I'm trying to test to see if "git diff --cached" will fail because there  
>> are no existing commits.  I've come up with running "git show-ref -h -q"  
>> and testing its return value.  My hypothesis is: If and only if  
>> git-show-ref succeeds then git-diff will succeed.
>>
>> Are my logic and assumptions sound?  I'm a bit out of my git comfort zone 
>> here, so I'd like to get some validation from some people who know  
>> better.
> 
> Maybe "git rev-parse --verify HEAD"?

That seems like it would work too... any reason one would be better than the other?

Cheers,
Eric Gerlach
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