# git clone rsync:... ? 5 messages from 2005-07-11 to 2005-07-11. Participants: Marc Singer, Junio C Hamano. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/1201 ## Marc Singer, 2005-07-11 21:30 Subject: git clone rsync:... ? Message-ID: <20050711213050.GA18693@buici.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20050711213050.GA18693%40buici.com ``` elf@florence /git > git clone rsync://rsync.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git linux-2.6 defaulting to local storage area ssh: rsync: Name or service not known fatal: unexpected EOF I've read several messages that this is changing, but it still isn't clear where we should be starting. Moreover, I'd like to be able to keep one repo that is just pulling from the net and then clone it for different working directories. Why? Sometimes, in my ignorance, I break my working repo. It's handy to have one that I know is OK without pulling from the net each time. ``` ## Junio C Hamano, 2005-07-11 22:11 Subject: Re: git clone rsync:... ? Message-ID: <7v4qb1ouwk.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/7v4qb1ouwk.fsf%40assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net In-Reply-To: <20050711213050.GA18693@buici.com> ``` Marc Singer writes: > elf@florence /git > git clone rsync://rsync.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git linux-2.6 > defaulting to local storage area > ssh: rsync: Name or service not known > fatal: unexpected EOF Hmph. "git clone rsync://rsync.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git git.git" seems to work so does the exact command you show above. Is it possible that you are running git-clone-script from an older Git? > Moreover, I'd like to be able to > keep one repo that is just pulling from the net and then clone it for > different working directories. That is a sane thing to ask. Assuming you have solved the above problem: $ ls linux-2.6 $ git clone -l linux-2.6 linux-ms $ git clone -l linux-2.6 linux-ms-net $ git clone -l linux-2.6 linux-ms-ide $ git clone -l linux-2.6 linux-ms-usb would make local clones of vanilla linux-2.6 repo you locally have ("-l" knows to use hardlinks when possible). ``` ## Marc Singer, 2005-07-11 22:21 Subject: Re: git clone rsync:... ? Message-ID: <20050711222112.GA21248@buici.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20050711222112.GA21248%40buici.com In-Reply-To: <7v4qb1ouwk.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> ``` On Mon, Jul 11, 2005 at 03:11:23PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Marc Singer writes: > > > elf@florence /git > git clone rsync://rsync.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git linux-2.6 > > defaulting to local storage area > > ssh: rsync: Name or service not known > > fatal: unexpected EOF > > Hmph. "git clone rsync://rsync.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git git.git" > seems to work so does the exact command you show above. Is it > possible that you are running git-clone-script from an older Git? What I've been doing is pulling the cogito source, this time directly from the net accessible repo, building it, and then copying the binaries to a special directory I added to my path elf@florence ~...git/bin > cat git-clone-script #!/bin/sh repo="$1" dir="$2" mkdir "$dir" && cd "$dir" && git-init-db && git-clone-pack "$repo" What more could I need? > > > Moreover, I'd like to be able to > > keep one repo that is just pulling from the net and then clone it for > > different working directories. > > That is a sane thing to ask. Assuming you have solved the above > problem: > > $ ls > linux-2.6 > $ git clone -l linux-2.6 linux-ms > $ git clone -l linux-2.6 linux-ms-net > $ git clone -l linux-2.6 linux-ms-ide > $ git clone -l linux-2.6 linux-ms-usb > > would make local clones of vanilla linux-2.6 repo you locally > have ("-l" knows to use hardlinks when possible). That, too, has been failing. I think for some different reason. elf@florence ~/z/embedded > git clone -l linux-2.6 linux-2.6-cloned mkdir: cannot create directory `linux-2.6': File exists Looks like something's borked. ``` ## Junio C Hamano, 2005-07-11 22:36 Subject: Re: git clone rsync:... ? Message-ID: <7vwtnxnf5m.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/7vwtnxnf5m.fsf%40assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net In-Reply-To: <20050711222112.GA21248@buici.com> ``` Marc Singer writes: > Looks like something's borked. Cogito I slurped about half hour ago has a quite different git-clone-script from your 4-line version. It is not surprising "git clone -l" would not work with it ;-). I just checked. Are you using Cogito 0.12 by any chance? Unfortunately it is ancient in this area. Selected diffstat between 0.12 and Pasky head I think relevant is this: git-clone-script | 97 ++++ ``` ## Marc Singer, 2005-07-11 22:41 Subject: Re: git clone rsync:... ? Message-ID: <20050711224144.GA24278@buici.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20050711224144.GA24278%40buici.com In-Reply-To: <7vwtnxnf5m.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> ``` On Mon, Jul 11, 2005 at 03:36:53PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Marc Singer writes: > > > Looks like something's borked. > > Cogito I slurped about half hour ago has a quite different > git-clone-script from your 4-line version. It is not surprising > "git clone -l" would not work with it ;-). > > I just checked. Are you using Cogito 0.12 by any chance? I pulled cogito from the repo. > Unfortunately it is ancient in this area. Selected diffstat > between 0.12 and Pasky head I think relevant is this: > > git-clone-script | 97 ++++ OK. Let's take another step backward. There are lots of changes being made to all of these tools. Where should I be getting my git programs so that I've got a good chance that they'll work. Jeff's instructions, I believe, are already out-of-date. ```