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Re: linux-2.6.git mirror

From
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date
Oct 18, 2007, 22:26 UTC
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On Tue, 16 Oct 2007, Medve Emilian-EMMEDVE1 wrote:
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> $ git remote update
> Updating origin
> error: Object 5dc01c595e6c6ec9ccda4f6f69c131c0dd945f8c is a tree, not a commit
> error: Object 5dc01c595e6c6ec9ccda4f6f69c131c0dd945f8c is a tree, not a commit

Interesting. Something seems to be assuming that all tags are commits. Which is not true. You can have (and the kernel repo does this) a tag pointing to a pure tree state (with no history), or as in the case of git itself, there's a tag pointing to a blob that contains Junio's public key.

> The situation is similar with the git tree:
> 
> error: Object a0e7d36193b96f552073558acf5fcc1f10528917 is a blob, not a commit
Yeah, same thing.
> Is this something I should be worried about?
No, but if it still happens with a newer git, holler.
			Linus
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