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Re: [PATCH 1/2] clone: Fix error message for reference repository

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Apr 8, 2013, 13:58 UTC
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Aaron Schrab <aaron@schrab.com> writes:
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> At 16:48 -0700 07 Apr 2013, Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>> Do not report an argument to clone's --reference option is not a local
>>> directory.  Nothing checks for the actual directory so we have no way to
>>> know if whether or not exists.  Telling the user that a directory doesn't
>>> exist when that isn't actually known may lead him or her on the wrong
>>> path to finding the problem.
>>
>>I don't understand the above explanation.  Could you give an example?
>
> I originally noticed this while trying to use a submodule as a
> reference repository.

I do agree that it would be nice to dereference .git gitfile when we deal with --reference argument, but you do not want to use in-tree repository of a submodule working tree. What happens when you have to check out a version of the containing superproject that did not have the submodule you are borrowing from? The directory will disappear, leaving the borrowing repository still pointing at it with its .git/objects/info/alternates file, no?

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Message 22 of 28 in “clone: Fix error message for reference repository”
  1. 1/2 clone: Fix error message for reference repositoryAaron Schrab, Apr 7, 2013
  2. 2/2 clone: Allow repo using gitfile as a referenceAaron Schrab, Apr 7, 2013
  3. Jonathan NiederApr 7, 2013
  4. Aaron SchrabApr 8, 2013
  5. Junio C HamanoApr 8, 2013
  6. Aaron SchrabApr 8, 2013
  7. 0/2 Using gitfile repository with clone --referenceAaron Schrab, Apr 8, 2013
  8. 1/2 clone: Fix error message for reference repositoryAaron Schrab, Apr 8, 2013
  9. Jonathan NiederApr 9, 2013
  10. 2/2 clone: Allow repo using gitfile as a referenceAaron Schrab, Apr 8, 2013
  11. Jonathan NiederApr 9, 2013
  12. Aaron SchrabApr 9, 2013
  13. Junio C HamanoApr 9, 2013
  14. Aaron SchrabApr 9, 2013
  15. 0/2 Using gitfile repository with clone --referenceAaron Schrab, Apr 9, 2013
  16. 1/2 clone: Fix error message for reference repositoryAaron Schrab, Apr 9, 2013
  17. 2/2 clone: Allow repo using gitfile as a referenceAaron Schrab, Apr 9, 2013
  18. Junio C HamanoApr 9, 2013
  19. Jonathan NiederApr 7, 2013
  20. Aaron SchrabApr 8, 2013
  21. Aaron SchrabApr 8, 2013
  22. Junio C HamanoApr 8, 2013
  23. Aaron SchrabApr 8, 2013
  24. Junio C HamanoApr 8, 2013
  25. Aaron SchrabApr 8, 2013
  26. Junio C HamanoApr 8, 2013
  27. Aaron SchrabApr 8, 2013
  28. Junio C HamanoApr 8, 2013

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