# "error: non-monotonic index" during fresh linux-2.6.git cloning. 10 messages from 2008-07-19 to 2008-07-20. Participants: Evgeniy Polyakov, Junio C Hamano, Petr Baudis. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/14536 ## Evgeniy Polyakov, 2008-07-19 17:47 Subject: "error: non-monotonic index" during fresh linux-2.6.git cloning. Message-ID: <20080719174742.GA4253@2ka.mipt.ru> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20080719174742.GA4253%402ka.mipt.ru ``` Hi. I'm getting above error each time I'm tying to clone current 2.6 tree. Archives tell that it happens when local index is currupted, but I do not have local tree, it is a fresh clone in an empty dir. $ git clone http://kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git Getting alternates list for http://kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git/ Getting pack list for http://kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git/ Getting index for pack 81cec7c6b26c755e466a79de8dbe1c7b827a48d6 error: non-monotonic index /usr/bin/git-clone: line 33: 2025 Segmentation fault git-http-fetch -v -a -w "$tname" "$name" "$1/" $ git --version git version 1.4.4.4 Fresh 32bit Debian testing. It worked before (at least several months ago) and works with 1.5.2.5. -- Evgeniy Polyakov ``` ## Junio C Hamano, 2008-07-19 18:10 Subject: Re: "error: non-monotonic index" during fresh linux-2.6.git cloning. Message-ID: <7vfxq521ab.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/7vfxq521ab.fsf%40gitster.siamese.dyndns.org In-Reply-To: <20080719174742.GA4253@2ka.mipt.ru> ``` Evgeniy Polyakov writes: > $ git clone http://kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git > Getting alternates list for http://kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git/ > Getting pack list for http://kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git/ > Getting index for pack 81cec7c6b26c755e466a79de8dbe1c7b827a48d6 > error: non-monotonic index > /usr/bin/git-clone: line 33: 2025 Segmentation fault git-http-fetch -v -a -w "$tname" "$name" "$1/" > > $ git --version > git version 1.4.4.4 The repository you are cloning uses pack idx version #2; 1.4.4.4 predates it by a wide margin. ``` ## Junio C Hamano, 2008-07-19 18:15 Subject: Re: "error: non-monotonic index" during fresh linux-2.6.git cloning. Message-ID: <7v8wvx211n.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/7v8wvx211n.fsf%40gitster.siamese.dyndns.org In-Reply-To: <7vfxq521ab.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> ``` Junio C Hamano writes: > Evgeniy Polyakov writes: > >> $ git clone http://kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git >> Getting alternates list for http://kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git/ >> Getting pack list for http://kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git/ >> Getting index for pack 81cec7c6b26c755e466a79de8dbe1c7b827a48d6 >> error: non-monotonic index >> /usr/bin/git-clone: line 33: 2025 Segmentation fault git-http-fetch -v -a -w "$tname" "$name" "$1/" >> >> $ git --version >> git version 1.4.4.4 >> >> Fresh 32bit Debian testing. > > The repository you are cloning uses pack idx version #2; 1.4.4.4 predates it > by a wide margin. By the way, Debian folks are very aware of the issue and already has a backported material to cut a 1.4.4.5, but I do not know what the release schedule for their update is. Is it an option for you to update to a more modern version from say backports.org? Everybody using git for anything serious should be using 1.5.3 or newer these days. ``` ## Petr Baudis, 2008-07-19 18:20 Subject: Re: "error: non-monotonic index" during fresh linux-2.6.git cloning. Message-ID: <20080719182014.GD32184@machine.or.cz> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20080719182014.GD32184%40machine.or.cz In-Reply-To: <20080719174742.GA4253@2ka.mipt.ru> ``` On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 09:47:43PM +0400, Evgeniy Polyakov wrote: > $ git --version > git version 1.4.4.4 > > Fresh 32bit Debian testing. Are you sure? http://packages.debian.org/testing/git-core says Package: git-core (1:1.5.6.2-1) Your sounds more like the Debian stable version. Petr "Pasky" Baudis ``` ## Evgeniy Polyakov, 2008-07-19 19:59 Subject: Re: "error: non-monotonic index" during fresh linux-2.6.git cloning. Message-ID: <20080719195909.GA5093@2ka.mipt.ru> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20080719195909.GA5093%402ka.mipt.ru In-Reply-To: <7v8wvx211n.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> ``` Hi Junio. On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 11:15:16AM -0700, Junio C Hamano (gitster@pobox.com) wrote: > > The repository you are cloning uses pack idx version #2; 1.4.4.4 predates it > > by a wide margin. > > By the way, Debian folks are very aware of the issue and already has a > backported material to cut a 1.4.4.5, but I do not know what the release > schedule for their update is. > > Is it an option for you to update to a more modern version from say > backports.org? Everybody using git for anything serious should be using > 1.5.3 or newer these days. It is very development test machine, there is no need to use git at all, it is just a convenient way to get a needed version via 'git clone; git reset'. I posted it so it would be stored in archive, that old enough git version does not work with recent trees, so one should upgrade if this error occures. -- Evgeniy Polyakov ``` ## Evgeniy Polyakov, 2008-07-19 20:06 Subject: Re: "error: non-monotonic index" during fresh linux-2.6.git cloning. Message-ID: <20080719200609.GB5093@2ka.mipt.ru> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20080719200609.GB5093%402ka.mipt.ru In-Reply-To: <20080719182014.GD32184@machine.or.cz> ``` Hi Petr. On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 08:20:14PM +0200, Petr Baudis (pasky@suse.cz) wrote: > On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 09:47:43PM +0400, Evgeniy Polyakov wrote: > > $ git --version > > git version 1.4.4.4 > > > > Fresh 32bit Debian testing. > > Are you sure? http://packages.debian.org/testing/git-core says > > Package: git-core (1:1.5.6.2-1) > > Your sounds more like the Debian stable version. It is that version indeed: apt-cache show git-core ... Version: 1:1.5.6.2-1 ... but it was imported there quite recently, so 'apt-get upgrade' will not catch up with major version change. 1.5 works ok, I pointed to this issue, so that resolution for the problem (i.e. upgrade to the more recent version) could be found in archive. -- Evgeniy Polyakov ``` ## Junio C Hamano, 2008-07-19 22:00 Subject: Re: "error: non-monotonic index" during fresh linux-2.6.git cloning. Message-ID: <7v8wvxzg97.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/7v8wvxzg97.fsf%40gitster.siamese.dyndns.org In-Reply-To: <20080719195909.GA5093@2ka.mipt.ru> ``` Evgeniy Polyakov writes: > I posted it so it would be stored in archive, that old enough git > version does not work with recent trees, so one should upgrade if this > error occures. Thanks, but you are about 5 days too late ;-) http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/76650/focus=88402 ``` ## Evgeniy Polyakov, 2008-07-20 06:41 Subject: Re: "error: non-monotonic index" during fresh linux-2.6.git cloning. Message-ID: <20080720064137.GA9654@2ka.mipt.ru> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20080720064137.GA9654%402ka.mipt.ru In-Reply-To: <7v8wvxzg97.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> ``` On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 03:00:20PM -0700, Junio C Hamano (gitster@pobox.com) wrote: > > I posted it so it would be stored in archive, that old enough git > > version does not work with recent trees, so one should upgrade if this > > error occures. > > Thanks, but you are about 5 days too late ;-) > > http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/76650/focus=88402 Better late than never :) -- Evgeniy Polyakov ``` ## Junio C Hamano, 2008-07-20 06:52 Subject: Re: "error: non-monotonic index" during fresh linux-2.6.git cloning. Message-ID: <7vprp9f3ne.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/7vprp9f3ne.fsf%40gitster.siamese.dyndns.org In-Reply-To: <20080720064137.GA9654@2ka.mipt.ru> ``` Evgeniy Polyakov writes: > On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 03:00:20PM -0700, Junio C Hamano (gitster@pobox.com) wrote: >> > I posted it so it would be stored in archive, that old enough git >> > version does not work with recent trees, so one should upgrade if this >> > error occures. >> >> Thanks, but you are about 5 days too late ;-) >> >> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/76650/focus=88402 > > Better late than never :) You should have said "better redundant than never", though ;-) ``` ## Evgeniy Polyakov, 2008-07-20 07:21 Subject: Re: "error: non-monotonic index" during fresh linux-2.6.git cloning. Message-ID: <20080720072105.GA3918@2ka.mipt.ru> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20080720072105.GA3918%402ka.mipt.ru In-Reply-To: <7vprp9f3ne.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> ``` On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 11:52:53PM -0700, Junio C Hamano (gitster@pobox.com) wrote: > >> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/76650/focus=88402 > > > > Better late than never :) > > You should have said "better redundant than never", though ;-) Indeed, although there were no mention that error occurs with clone, so I would find it :) -- Evgeniy Polyakov ```