Re: GitGui tool - new local clone is missing commit(s) and missing a tag on master branch
On 2/7/24 01:00, Allan Ford wrote:
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> Dear Git devs,
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> GitGui tool local clone is missing commit(s) and missing a tag on master branch
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> As compared to using Visual Studio 2022 or Visual Studio Code ..
> Wondering if a bug somehow / somewhere ?
> Other colleague devs observe the same ..
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> If I switch to the remote master branch then I get right content .. but I should be able to do a new clone of master and hold locally.
This is reminiscent of cloning issues some folks on my team raised nearly a decade ago. git-gui uses a custom/unique do_clone function written in tcl, rather than native git-clone, so problem diagnosis is difficult and updates infrequent. My "cure" was to make git-gui use git-clone. I still have that patch, have rebased it (some conflicts) onto current git-gui master, and it still works in my very limited testing.
But, git-gui currently has no active maintainer, and Junio is now in a release cycle, so the list's concern is not on new topics like this. For both reasons, I'll hold onto the patch until the release cycle completes.
Mark
