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Re: Garbage in .git directories???

From
Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Sep 19, 2005, 05:21 UTC
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Dmitry Torokhov <dtor_core@ameritech.net> writes:
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> Btw, after doing a pull from git repository git cone now produces the
> following:
>
> sent 403 bytes  received 2164 bytes  570.44 bytes/sec
> total size is 533  speedup is 0.21
> rsync: link_stat "/scm/git/git.git/objects/info/alternates" (in pub) failed: No such file or directory (2)
> rsync error: some files could not be transferred (code 23) at main.c(1173)

The garbage directory does ont reproduce for me, but I know what this is. It is an harmless error message -- I'll hide it in the next update. It is checking to see if the remote repository uses alternates just in case -- since git.git does not use it, it just does not find one (and needlessly complains).

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  1. Dmitry TorokhovSep 18, 2005
  2. Linus TorvaldsSep 18, 2005
  3. Dmitry TorokhovSep 18, 2005
  4. Dmitry TorokhovSep 19, 2005
  5. Junio C HamanoSep 19, 2005
  6. Linus TorvaldsSep 19, 2005
  7. Dmitry TorokhovSep 19, 2005
  8. Dmitry TorokhovSep 20, 2005
  9. Linus TorvaldsSep 20, 2005
  10. Dmitry TorokhovSep 20, 2005
  11. H. Peter AnvinSep 19, 2005
  12. Petr BaudisSep 19, 2005
  13. H. Peter AnvinSep 19, 2005
  14. Petr BaudisSep 19, 2005
  15. H. Peter AnvinSep 19, 2005
  16. Fix git-init-db creating crap directoriesPetr Baudis, Sep 20, 2005
  17. H. Peter AnvinSep 20, 2005
  18. Fix git-init-db creating crap directories (zeroth try)Petr Baudis, Sep 20, 2005
  19. H. Peter AnvinSep 20, 2005
  20. Petr BaudisSep 20, 2005
  21. Junio C HamanoSep 20, 2005
  22. H. Peter AnvinSep 20, 2005

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