From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2015 18:06:50 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] upload-pack: Fail if cloning empty namespace
Message-ID: <xmqqr3p6jltx.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <20150620142705.GA23163@leeloo.kyriasis.com>

Johannes Löthberg <johannes@kyriasis.com> writes:

> On 15/06, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>>You would probably want new tests, but more importantly did you make
>>sure this passes existing tests?  It seems to break 5509 (there
>>could be others) at least for me.
>>
>
> It breaks 5509 currently yeah, though I've already fixed it locally.
>
> Anyway,
>
> You create a namespace by pushing to it,...

You keep repeating that, but I do not think we agreed that it is the
supported or correct procedure to set up a new namespace in the
first place.  Doesn't the server side need a lot more than just
setting up HEAD symref (like running upload/receive-pack with the
path to the hierarchy exported as GIT_NAMESPACE environment)?