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From: Liu Yubao <yubao.liu@gmail•com>
To: git@vger•kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] clear error message for clone a gitweb URL
Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2006 15:25:01 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4551864D.3010301@gmail.com> (raw)

When clone a gitweb URL, git reports "Can't lock ref", it's not clear for users,
this patch adds clear error message for this case.

diff --git a/fetch.c b/fetch.c
index c426c04..40c5183 100644
--- a/fetch.c
+++ b/fetch.c
@@ -266,6 +266,14 @@ int pull(int targets, char **target, con
 		if (!write_ref || !write_ref[i])
 			continue;
 
+		if (*write_ref[i] == '\0') {
+			if (strncmp(write_ref_log_details, "http", 4) == 0)
+				error("Can't feed empty ref, seems you are fetching from a gitweb URL, "
+				      "check it in web browser for git URL.");
+			else
+				error("Can't feed empty ref");
+			goto unlock_and_fail;
+		}
 		lock[i] = lock_ref_sha1(write_ref[i], NULL);
 		if (!lock[i]) {
 			error("Can't lock ref %s", write_ref[i]);
diff --git a/git-clone.sh b/git-clone.sh
index 3f006d1..c8274e0 100755
--- a/git-clone.sh
+++ b/git-clone.sh
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ Perhaps git-update-server-info needs to
 		else
 			tname=$name
 		fi
+		if [ -z "$tname" -o -z "$name" ]; then
+			die "Cannot feed empty ref or commit-id, seems you are fetching
+from a gitweb URL, check it in web browser for git URL."
+		fi
 		git-http-fetch -v -a -w "$tname" "$name" "$1/" || exit 1
 	done <"$clone_tmp/refs"

             reply	other threads:[~2006-11-08  7:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-11-08  7:25 Liu Yubao [this message]
2006-11-08 20:42 ` [PATCH] clear error message for clone a gitweb URL Junio C Hamano
2006-11-09  1:49   ` Liu Yubao

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