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Re: [PATCH 3/3] clone: always fetch remote HEAD

From
Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Date
Jun 6, 2011, 19:05 UTC
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Heya,
On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 18:11, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:
> I'll try the nicer fix Sverre mentioned and post a real patch. I wanted
> to add a test for multiple refs to the test suite, but I got bogged down
> by other breakages. Some of which I think are the fault of testgit, but
> one of which I think may be a problem in the transport-helper code.

I'm not 100% the current remote-helper code allows that, since there might be some interaction where the transport-helper code needs to read from the helper before closing the connection. I don't think that's the case, but I'm not sure of it either.

> I gave up in frustration after many hours of dealing with it on Friday,
> but I'll give it another go today. :)
Sounds familiar.
-- 
Cheers,

Sverre Rabbelier
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Message 23 of 65 in “git clone (ssh://) skips detached HEAD”
  1. Dmitry IvankovJun 1, 2011
  2. Jeff KingJun 1, 2011
  3. Dmitry IvankovJun 1, 2011
  4. Junio C HamanoJun 1, 2011
  5. Jeff KingJun 1, 2011
  6. Jeff KingJun 1, 2011
  7. Jeff KingJun 3, 2011
  8. 1/3 t: add tests for cloning remotes with detached HEADJeff King, Jun 3, 2011
  9. 2/3 consider only branches in guess_remote_headJeff King, Jun 3, 2011
  10. 3/3 clone: always fetch remote HEADJeff King, Jun 3, 2011
  11. Sverre RabbelierJun 3, 2011
  12. Jeff KingJun 3, 2011
  13. Jeff KingJun 3, 2011
  14. Junio C HamanoJun 3, 2011
  15. Jeff KingJun 3, 2011
  16. Sverre RabbelierJun 4, 2011
  17. Jeff KingJun 6, 2011
  18. Junio C HamanoJun 6, 2011
  19. Junio C HamanoJun 6, 2011
  20. Sverre RabbelierJun 6, 2011
  21. Junio C HamanoJun 6, 2011
  22. Jeff KingJun 6, 2011
  23. Sverre RabbelierJun 6, 2011
  24. Jeff KingJun 7, 2011
  25. Sverre RabbelierJun 7, 2011
  26. 0/8 minor import/export remote helper fixesJeff King, Jun 7, 2011
  27. 1/8 transport-helper: fix minor leak in push_refs_with_exportJeff King, Jun 7, 2011
  28. 2/8 git-remote-testgit: exit gracefully after pushJeff King, Jun 7, 2011
  29. Sverre RabbelierJun 7, 2011
  30. 3/8 t5800: factor out some ref testsJeff King, Jun 7, 2011
  31. Sverre RabbelierJun 7, 2011
  32. 4/8 t5800: document some non-functional parts of remote helpersJeff King, Jun 7, 2011
  33. Sverre RabbelierJun 7, 2011
  34. Jeff KingJun 7, 2011
  35. Sverre RabbelierJun 7, 2011
  36. Jeff KingJun 7, 2011
  37. Sverre RabbelierJun 7, 2011
  38. Jeff KingJun 7, 2011
  39. Junio C HamanoJun 8, 2011
  40. Jeff KingJun 9, 2011
  41. Junio C HamanoJun 9, 2011
  42. Jeff KingJun 9, 2011
  43. Sverre RabbelierJun 9, 2011
  44. 5/8 teach remote-testgit to import non-HEAD refsJeff King, Jun 7, 2011
  45. Junio C HamanoJun 8, 2011
  46. Jeff KingJun 9, 2011
  47. 6/8 teach remote-testgit to import multiple refsJeff King, Jun 7, 2011
  48. 7/8 transport-helper: don't feed bogus refs to export pushJeff King, Jun 7, 2011
  49. Sverre RabbelierJun 7, 2011
  50. 8/8 git_remote_helpers: push all refs during a non-local exportJeff King, Jun 7, 2011
  51. Sverre RabbelierJun 7, 2011
  52. Jeff KingJun 7, 2011
  53. Sverre RabbelierJun 7, 2011
  54. Junio C HamanoJun 6, 2011
  55. Jeff KingJun 6, 2011
  56. Jeff KingJun 7, 2011
  57. 1/2 make copy_ref globally availableJeff King, Jun 7, 2011
  58. 2/2 clone: always fetch remote HEADJeff King, Jun 7, 2011
  59. Junio C HamanoJun 7, 2011
  60. Junio C HamanoJun 3, 2011
  61. Jeff KingJun 3, 2011
  62. Jakub NarebskiJun 1, 2011
  63. Jeff KingJun 1, 2011
  64. Jakub NarebskiJun 2, 2011
  65. Jeff KingJun 3, 2011

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