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Re: ambiguous argument '...': unknown revision or path not in the working tree

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SJSven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de>
Date
Jan 18, 2010, 08:48 UTC
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On 2010-01-18 07:59 +0100, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> writes:
>
>> I've got a strange error message in 'git push':
>>
>> ,----
>> | % git push
>> | Counting objects: 47, done.
>> | Delta compression using up to 2 threads.
>> | Compressing objects: 100% (24/24), done.
>> | Writing objects: 100% (24/24), 4.37 KiB, done.
>> | Total 24 (delta 22), reused 0 (delta 0)
>> | fatal: ambiguous argument '3bbc6def8a06e4411bee130b811ff9507e90503d:debian/changelog': unknown revision or path not in the working tree.
>> | Use '--' to separate paths from revisions
>
> I think there is nothing "fatal" in your git setup, other than that the
> repository at the remote end you are pushing into has a broken hook script
> (perhaps update, post-receive, or post-update) that is issuing the error
> message.
Thanks, that hits the nail on the head.
> I would raise the issue with the owner of the repository if I were you.
I've opened a support ticket.
Sven
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