Re: Cannot clone redirecting stdout

From: Stefan Naewe <stefan.naewe@atlas-elektronik.com>
Date: Sep 11, 2009, 07:27 UTC
Message-ID: <4AA9FBD3.5040404@atlas-elektronik.com>
In-Reply-To: <4AA9F0A2.6050105@atlas-elektronik.com>

On 9/11/2009 8:39 AM, Stefan Naewe wrote:

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> On 9/11/2009 12:33 AM, Aloisio wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I faced a problem when trying to clone git://gitorious.org/qt/qt.git
>>
>> this works:
>> git clone -n git://gitorious.org/qt/qt.git repo
>>
>> this doesn't:
>> git clone -n git://gitorious.org/qt/qt.git repo >log
>> fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly
>> fatal: early EOF
>> fatal: index-pack failed
>>
>> I reproduced the error in the following versions:
>> git version 1.6.0.4
>> git version 1.6.4.2
>> git version 1.5.4.7
>>
>> Any clues?
>> Thanks
> 
> I'd say:
> 
> Take a look at /proc/<pid-of-git>/fd
> 
> fd 0 (stdout) is linked through a pipe to 'git index-pack'.
> Redirecting this link breaks everything.

stdout is of course fd 1 ;-)

Regards, Stefan

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