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Re: hg2git error

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
May 25, 2009, 11:43 UTC
Message-ID
<alpine.DEB.1.00.0905251341370.4288@intel-tinevez-2-302>
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<20090525113418.GA3259@robert>
Hi,
On Mon, 25 May 2009, Rocco Rutte wrote:
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> * Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> 
> > Error: repository has at least one unnamed head: hg r533
> 
> I'm afraid there's nothing you can do except a) wait until somebody with
> push access to the repo merges or b) do that yourself. The error means
> that on a branch there's more than one head (i.e. childless
> revision). There's no equivalent concept in git which is why I don't
> know what to do. Generating fake branch names for git may be a little
> messy I think.

I disagree... The worst solution is to stop working at all. A better solution would be to ignore the unnamed head, and the best solution would probably be to generate ref names that are _not_ branch names for such heads.

Ciao, Dscho

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  1. Johannes SchindelinMay 24, 2009
  2. Sverre RabbelierMay 24, 2009
  3. Johannes SchindelinMay 24, 2009
  4. Sverre RabbelierMay 24, 2009
  5. Johannes SchindelinJul 22, 2009
  6. Sverre RabbelierJul 22, 2009
  7. Rocco RutteMay 25, 2009
  8. Johannes SchindelinMay 25, 2009
  9. Matthieu MoyMay 25, 2009
  10. Rocco RutteMay 25, 2009

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