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Re: git-cvsserver wart?

From
Cameron McBride <cameron.mcbride@gmail.com>
Date
May 26, 2006, 03:34 UTC
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On 5/25/06, Martin Langhoff <martin.langhoff@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 5/26/06, Cameron McBride <cameron.mcbride@gmail.com> wrote:
> > WARN  - file 'index' already exists in the git repository
>
> This warning means that you are running git-cvsserver off a repo where
> you also have a checkout. git-cvsserver really expects to be running
> off a 'naked' or 'bare' repo. For read only ops I think it kind-of
> works in a 'checkout' repo, but commits are a different story.

hmmm, it is supposed to be a bare repo. perhaps I flubbed something up. Can I safely delete this index file? It's in the repo.git directory. Perhaps it got created on the initial import from CVS (using cvsimport and cvsps)?

Cameron
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  7. Martin LanghoffMay 26, 2006
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