Re: tip tree clone fail

From: Lars Hjemli <lh@elementstorage.no>
Date: Oct 12, 2008, 12:04 UTC
Message-ID: <8c5c35580810120504o4423560aodd8d58e9e9ae322c@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <48F1DF6A.4000900@cn.fujitsu.com>

On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 13:28, Wang Chen <wangchen@cn.fujitsu.com> wrote:

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> H. Peter Anvin said the following on 2008-10-10 23:58:
> > Wang Chen wrote:
> >>>
> >>> So http transport is wreckaged. (git version 1.6.0.1 here, Wang is using
> >>> 1.5.3.x)
> >>
> >> My git version is 1.5.5.1, although it doesn't matter ;)
> >>
> >
> > http transport requires that "git update-server-info" is done after each
> > push.  Otherwise, it ends up in a trainwreck.
> >
> > Shawn Pierce at Google is working on a long-term solution, but in the
> > meantime, if you have to use http transport, murder your IT people.
> >
>
>
> So, the current solutions are:
> 1. Waiting for Shawn fixing it.
> 2. Asking Ingo to "git update-server-info" after each push.
> 3. Murdering our IT people.

4. Install cgit, which removes the need for `git update-server-info`

-- larsh