# Problems cloning

3 messages from 2005-10-09 to 2005-10-12. Participants: Nico -telmich- Schottelius, Petr Baudis, Kay Sievers.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/2051

## Nico -telmich- Schottelius, 2005-10-09 14:15

Subject: Problems cloning
Message-ID: <20051009141547.GA8609@schottelius.org>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20051009141547.GA8609%40schottelius.org

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Cloning gitweb from kernel.org fails:

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[16:10] hydrogenium:build% cg-clone http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/gitweb.git 
defaulting to local storage area
16:10:35 URL:http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/gitweb.git/HEAD [41/41] -> "refs/heads/.origin-fetching" [1]
progress: 84 objects, 295012 bytes
Getting pack list
Getting alternates list
error: Unable to find d263a6bd453df849c9f9211f1966c830c3cf913a under http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/gitweb.git/

Cannot obtain needed commit d263a6bd453df849c9f9211f1966c830c3cf913a
while processing commit f5dfb3f6a6655d4d60fdd0aaeef7b5b14226147f.
cg-fetch: objects fetch failed
cg-clone: fetch failed
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Info:

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[16:01] hydrogenium:cinit% cg --version
cogito-0.15.1 (cfeac5893d97b830ac31b9d41951c30f80967410)

[16:13] hydrogenium:cinit% git --version
git version 0.99.7d
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Greetings,

Nico

-- 
Latest project: cconfig (http://nico.schotteli.us/papers/linux/cconfig/)
Open Source nutures open minds and free, creative developers.

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## Petr Baudis, 2005-10-12 08:19

Subject: Re: Problems cloning
Message-ID: <20051012081908.GK30889@pasky.or.cz>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20051012081908.GK30889%40pasky.or.cz
In-Reply-To: <20051009141547.GA8609@schottelius.org>

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Dear diary, on Sun, Oct 09, 2005 at 04:15:47PM CEST, I got a letter
where Nico -telmich- Schottelius <nico-linux-git@schottelius.org> told me that...
> Cloning gitweb from kernel.org fails:
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> [16:10] hydrogenium:build% cg-clone http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/gitweb.git 
> defaulting to local storage area
> 16:10:35 URL:http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/gitweb.git/HEAD [41/41] -> "refs/heads/.origin-fetching" [1]
> progress: 84 objects, 295012 bytes
> Getting pack list
> Getting alternates list
> error: Unable to find d263a6bd453df849c9f9211f1966c830c3cf913a under http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/gitweb.git/
> 
> Cannot obtain needed commit d263a6bd453df849c9f9211f1966c830c3cf913a
> while processing commit f5dfb3f6a6655d4d60fdd0aaeef7b5b14226147f.
> cg-fetch: objects fetch failed
> cg-clone: fetch failed
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Info:
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> [16:01] hydrogenium:cinit% cg --version
> cogito-0.15.1 (cfeac5893d97b830ac31b9d41951c30f80967410)
> 
> [16:13] hydrogenium:cinit% git --version
> git version 0.99.7d
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------

It seems that the gitweb repository is broken wrt. fetching over HTTP,
since it does not have the "dumb server info" containing the list of
packs. Someone needs to run git-update-server-info over there.

-- 
				Petr "Pasky" Baudis
Stuff: http://pasky.or.cz/
VI has two modes: the one in which it beeps and the one in which
it doesn't.

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## Kay Sievers, 2005-10-12 11:40

Subject: Re: Problems cloning
Message-ID: <20051012114003.GB29589@vrfy.org>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20051012114003.GB29589%40vrfy.org
In-Reply-To: <20051012081908.GK30889@pasky.or.cz>

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On Wed, Oct 12, 2005 at 10:19:08AM +0200, Petr Baudis wrote:
> Dear diary, on Sun, Oct 09, 2005 at 04:15:47PM CEST, I got a letter
> where Nico -telmich- Schottelius <nico-linux-git@schottelius.org> told me that...
> > Cloning gitweb from kernel.org fails:
> > 
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > [16:10] hydrogenium:build% cg-clone http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/gitweb.git 
> > defaulting to local storage area
> > 16:10:35 URL:http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/gitweb.git/HEAD [41/41] -> "refs/heads/.origin-fetching" [1]
> > progress: 84 objects, 295012 bytes
> > Getting pack list
> > Getting alternates list
> > error: Unable to find d263a6bd453df849c9f9211f1966c830c3cf913a under http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/gitweb.git/
> > 
> > Cannot obtain needed commit d263a6bd453df849c9f9211f1966c830c3cf913a
> > while processing commit f5dfb3f6a6655d4d60fdd0aaeef7b5b14226147f.
> > cg-fetch: objects fetch failed
> > cg-clone: fetch failed
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > 
> > Info:
> > 
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > [16:01] hydrogenium:cinit% cg --version
> > cogito-0.15.1 (cfeac5893d97b830ac31b9d41951c30f80967410)
> > 
> > [16:13] hydrogenium:cinit% git --version
> > git version 0.99.7d
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> It seems that the gitweb repository is broken wrt. fetching over HTTP,
> since it does not have the "dumb server info" containing the list of
> packs. Someone needs to run git-update-server-info over there.

Sure, I use plain rsync.
Never tried any of the tools that maintain this info. :)

Kay

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