Re: stgit error on status command

From: Jon Smirl <jonsmirl@gmail.com>
Date: Jul 8, 2008, 12:06 UTC
Message-ID: <9e4733910807080506k6d51bc98h96a7a7b2bd56d98b@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20080708070254.GA4129@diana.vm.bytemark.co.uk>

On 7/8/08, Karl Hasselström <kha@treskal.com> wrote:

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> Thanks for the report.
>
>  The problem is that we mis-parse the output of git diff-index when
>  rename detection is on (and it prints more than one filename on one
>  line). This happens if you give stg status the --diff-opts=-M flag,
>  but you didn't -- but it could also happen if you have the
>  stgit.diff-opts config variable set.

I have -M in my config file. If I don't use people on lkml complain about renames generating piles of output in the patches. I'm able to work around the problem for the moment.

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>
>  I'll try to get a patch out tonight. In the mean time, if you like you
>  should be able to work around the problem by unsetting
>  stgit.diff-opts.
>
>
>  --
>  Karl Hasselström, kha@treskal.com
>       www.treskal.com/kalle
>

-- 
Jon Smirl
jonsmirl@gmail.com