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Re: [PATCH 1/2] [RFC] Detect attempts at calling git init specifying a remote repository.

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Nov 16, 2010, 17:57 UTC
Message-ID
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In-Reply-To
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Peter Krefting <peter@softwolves.pp.se> writes:
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> We can only initialize local repositories, so bail out immediately if the
> user tries to specify a remote repository.
> ---
>  builtin/init-db.c |    7 ++++++-
>  1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/builtin/init-db.c b/builtin/init-db.c
> index 9d4886c..f80ff08 100644
> --- a/builtin/init-db.c
> +++ b/builtin/init-db.c
> @@ -435,7 +435,12 @@ int cmd_init_db(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
>  		int mkdir_tried = 0;
>  	retry:
>  		if (chdir(argv[0]) < 0) {
> -			if (!mkdir_tried) {
> +			if (is_url(argv[0]) || strchr(argv[0], '@') != NULL || (strchr(argv[0], ':') != NULL && !has_dos_drive_prefix(argv[0]))) {
> +				/*
> +				 * We were passed a remote repository specification.
Or a directory with ':' in its pathname, no?
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Message 3 of 9 in “RFC: Better handling of git init remote-spec”
  1. 0/2 RFC: Better handling of git init remote-specPeter Krefting, Nov 12, 2010
  2. 1/2 [RFC] Detect attempts at calling git init specifying a remote repository.Peter Krefting, Nov 12, 2010
  3. Junio C HamanoNov 16, 2010
  4. Peter KreftingNov 16, 2010
  5. 2/2 [WIP] Allow running git init on a remote repository specification.Peter Krefting, Nov 12, 2010
  6. Sverre RabbelierNov 13, 2010
  7. Peter KreftingNov 16, 2010
  8. Junio C HamanoNov 16, 2010
  9. Peter KreftingNov 16, 2010

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