Re: Error pushing new branch: value too great for base (error token is...

From: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Date: Aug 5, 2015, 17:53 UTC
Message-ID: <CAPig+cTXO3699MdqSFVDBcnKcHAT=Mkp=c=r3C8F5nT8tfr6gw@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAGDgvc3Gxn=pKBfYC+yrUhCmL9X6bqjPVwVokF0qPsXmhx_EaQ@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 1:32 PM, Gaurav Chhabra <varuag.chhabra@gmail.com> wrote:

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> I had written the following code to check whether a push is for branch deletion:
>
> #!/bin/bash
>
> NULL="0000000000000000000000000000000000000000"
>     if [[ "$new_sha" -eq "$NULL" ]]; then   # Line 17
> remote: Stdin: [0000000000000000000000000000000000000000]
> [9226289d2416af4cb7365d7aaa5e382bdb3d9a89] [refs/heads/rel-a]
> remote:
> remote: hooks/pre-receive: line 17: [[:
> 9226289d2416af4cb7365d7aaa5e382bdb3d9a89: value too great for base
> (error token is "922628
> 9d2416af4cb7365d7aaa5e382bdb3d9a89")
>
> Although the new branch gets pushed to remote but i'm not sure why i'm
> getting this error and how can i fix it. I checked online and i get
> few links where folks had similar issue but in each such case, the
> error token was 08 or 09. I still tried the suggestion of using "10#"
> in front of my $new_sha variable but to no avail.
>
> Any suggestions?

Yes, try using the string comparison '=' operator rather than the numeric comparison operator '-eq'.

    if [[ "$new_sha" = "$NULL" ]]; then