From: Ryne Everett <ryneeverett@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 06 Mar 2016 15:31:55 GMT
Subject: Re: Fsck configurations and cloning.
Message-ID: <CAGbFckZ_Hf6CzXpewAUEHrnb570pNbkU2CqQkaHj23uCATavrQ@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CA+P7+xozN8Ah9b1QxBFXEiO3=SsUq9J1r+XM5387AodfvXwRQA@mail.gmail.com>

> You have to make sure the fields are set within a global git
> configuration. Did you set this within a previous clone using "git
> config"? If so you need to make sure you use "--global" option to
> write it to your user configuration file so that it is persistent
> across multiple repositories.

Yes, the settings are in my global config.

On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 12:18 AM, Jacob Keller <jacob.keller@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 5, 2016 at 5:44 PM, Ryne Everett <ryneeverett@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I'm assuming fsck configurations are supposed to apply to clones but
>> I'm having no luck:
>>
>>     $ git --version
>>     git version 2.7.2
>>     $ git config --get transfer.fsckobjects
>>     true
>>     $ git config --get fsck.badTimezone
>>     ignore
>>     $ cat $(git config --get fsck.skiplist)
>>     5e6ecdad9f69b1ff789a17733b8edc6fd7091bd8
>>     $ git clone https://github.com/kennethreitz/requests.git
>>     Cloning into 'requests'...
>>     remote: Counting objects: 16904, done.
>>     error: object 5e6ecdad9f69b1ff789a17733b8edc6fd7091bd8:
>> badTimezone: invalid author/committer line - bad time zone
>>     fatal: Error in object
>>     fatal: index-pack failed
>>
>> Am I doing something obviously wrong here?
>
> You have to make sure the fields are set within a global git
> configuration. Did you set this within a previous clone using "git
> config"? If so you need to make sure you use "--global" option to
> write it to your user configuration file so that it is persistent
> across multiple repositories.
>
> Not sure if that is what your problem was or not, it is unclear from
> the information provided.
>
> Thanks,
> Jake