RE: Git'ing a non-labeled set of sources
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- Sparks, Sam <ssparks@twacs.com>
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- Aug 8, 2007, 19:52 UTC
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>-----Original Message----- >From: Peter Baumann [mailto:waste.manager@gmx.de] >Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 2:37 PM >To: Sparks, Sam >Cc: git@vger.kernel.org >Subject: Re: Git'ing a non-labeled set of sources > >On Wed, Aug 08, 2007 at 01:59:38PM -0500, Sparks, Sam wrote: >> Hello All, >> >> Please excuse me if this is an ignorant question; I'm new to >git and my >> have overlooked something in the documentation. >> >> I'm attempting to obtain a snapshot of source code from an >unlabeled git >> branch in a public repository. I've found in the documentation that a >> timestamp cannot be used to specify a particular version of >source code, >> but I believe I can work with the commit value as returned by 'git >> show'. >> >> However, I have been unsuccessful in my attempts to use this >identifier >> to clone or checkout the associated source tree. Has anyone been >> successful in using git to successfully replicate an >unlabeled version >> of sources in a repository? >> >> Here is my latest attempt: >> /dir_i_want_to_replicate $ git show --pretty=short >> commit 5b1313fb2758ffce8b624457f777d8cc6709608d >> Author: .... >> >> /replication_dir $ git clone git://www.denx.de/git/u-boot.git >> u-boot-mpc83xx >> Blah blah blah.. >> 100% (4378/4378) done >> /replication_dir/u-boot-mpc83xx/ $ git checkout >> 5b1313fb2758ffce8b624457f777d8cc6709608d >> error: pathspec '5b1313fb2758ffce8b624457f777d8cc6709608d' >did not match >> any. >> > >Because there is no 5b1313fb2758ffce8b624457f777d8cc6709608d in the >repo. > > $ git clone git://www.denx.de/git/u-boot.git > Initialized empty Git repository in /tmp/u-boot/.git/ > remote: Generating pack... > remote: Done counting 40938 objects. > remote: Deltifying 40938 objects. > remote: 100% (40938/40938) done > Indexing 40938 objects... > remote: Total 40938 (delta 32545), reused 39302 (delta 31040) > 100% (40938/40938) done > Resolving 32545 deltas... > 100% (32545/32545) done > > $ cd u-boot; git-rev-list --all|grep ^5b1 > 5b1d713721c3ea02549940133f09236783dda1f9 > >-Peter
Hmmm. There must be something I am not understanding about git. When I run the same command on my existing git repository, I get the following: $ git-rev-list --all | grep ^5b1 5b1313fb2758ffce8b624457f777d8cc6709608d 5b1d713721c3ea02549940133f09236783dda1f9
Does git allow the removal of commits? I don't understand how I was able to download it a couple of months ago, but it is no longer accessible.
Thanks for the quick reply, Sam