git rev-parse --verify HEAD: fatal: Needed a single revision

Arkadiusz Miskiewicz· Aug 1, 2008, 09:29 UTC · lore

Hello,

I'm trying to git cvsimport a cvs repository. Process ends with: DONE. fatal: Needed a single revision Can merge only exactly one commit into empty head Could not merge origin into the current branch.

The fatal comes from: $ git rev-parse --verify HEAD fatal: Needed a single revision

What is the problem here and how to fix it?

How to reproduce: get http://carme.pld-linux.org/~arekm/rpm5.tar.bz2 unpack cd rpm5 git cvsimport -v -d :pserver:anonymous@rpm5.org:/cvs rpm

I'm using: $ git --version git version 1.5.6.4

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Arkadiusz Miśkiewicz        PLD/Linux Team
arekm / maven.pl            http://ftp.pld-linux.org/

Miklos Vajna· Aug 1, 2008, 14:35 UTC · re: Arkadiusz Miskiewicz · lore

Re: git rev-parse --verify HEAD: fatal: Needed a single revision

On Fri, Aug 01, 2008 at 11:29:04AM +0200, Arkadiusz Miskiewicz <arekm@pld-linux.org> wrote:

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> How to reproduce:
> get http://carme.pld-linux.org/~arekm/rpm5.tar.bz2
> unpack
> cd rpm5
> git cvsimport -v -d :pserver:anonymous@rpm5.org:/cvs rpm

I did:

git cvsimport -v -d :pserver:anonymous@rpm5.org:/cvs -o master -C rpm rpm

first time it bailed out with an error, sadly I don't exactly remember, but it was different to your error. Then I ran it again (of course without rm -rf rpm) and it finished properly. The cvs checkout and git HEAD differs only in one file (python/Makefile.in is removed in cvs, but not in git).

I put it out to http://vmiklos.hu/gitweb/?p=rpm.git, if you are interested.

> I'm using:
> $ git --version
> git version 1.5.6.4

$ git --version git version 1.6.0.rc0.14.g95f8.dirty

Not sure if it matters or not.