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Re: [PATCH] git-cvsimport: fix initial checkout

From
Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 13, 2008, 23:22 UTC
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<e29894ca0803131622mbea0c95j2d3b4fd4ee8eca1@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi

On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 12:18 AM, Martin Langhoff <martin@catalyst.net.nz> wrote:

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>  > -     unless ($last_branch) {
>  > +     if (-f "$git_dir/$last_branch") {
>
>  Note that the file won't exist there in any modern git. It will be in
>  $git_dir/refs/heads/$last_branch. Did you test this patch?
>

git-symbolic-ref HEAD do return "refs/heads/master" on my initial in-the-middle checkout (I still have a copy),

So it seems correct for now, but i'll change it to use rev-parse instead as it seems more correct.

Regards
-- 
Marc-André Lureau
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  1. git-cvsimport: fix initial checkoutMarc-Andre Lureau, Mar 13, 2008
  2. Junio C HamanoMar 13, 2008
  3. Martin LanghoffMar 13, 2008
  4. Marc-André LureauMar 13, 2008
  5. Marc-André LureauMar 13, 2008
  6. Martin LanghoffMar 13, 2008
  7. Junio C HamanoMar 13, 2008
  8. Martin LanghoffMar 13, 2008
  9. Marc-André LureauMar 13, 2008

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