From: Jon Loeliger <jdl@jdl•com>
To: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs•org
Subject: Git Clone/Fetch Advice
Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 09:50:45 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1IOwyL-0004fq-Tb@jdl.com> (raw)
Folks,
As someone who runs a git server _and_ reads their log files,
I would like to offer a few words of advice about cloning or
fetching git repositories.
First, watch those project path names carefully. If someone
publishes a "linux-2.6-quux.git" repository, don't call it
the "linux-2.6.git" repository in your clone or fetch request.
And, oddly, don't call it "linux-2.6.quux.git" either! :-)
Second, upgrade your git installation. I repeatedly see failed
clone requests due to outdated git clients trying to do a clone
or a fetch. If you _know_ you have the clone path to the project
right, and it still doesn't seem to work, chance are very good
that you are using a git earlier than v1.4.2. It is now time
to find something v1.5 or better. 1.5.3 is due out Real Soon Now!
I publish a _few_ repositories, and I see maybe 20 or 30 such
failed clone/fetch requests per day. I hate to imagine what
the failure rate on kernel.org is!
Thanks,
jdl
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