# Re: kernel.org git tree corrupt?

- From: Martin Langhoff \<hidden\>
- Date: 2008-03-02 21:40:30 
- List: git
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/git/2008/03/1069481
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/git/2008/03/1069394/t.md

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On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 10:16 AM, Linus Torvalds
[ref] wrote:
>  In that case, your "origin" simply isn't updated, but points somewhere
>  long back in history. I can only assume that cogito has done something
>  wrong, like not been able to handle packed refs or something, and you have
>  an updated tree but "origin" pointing to way back in the history.

Strange - cogito over git protocol will use git itself to peek at the
references. Steve, what is your git version?

>  > Ideas for another solution short of recloning and sorting through all
>  > of the last month or two of patches that affect this directory by
>  > hand?

Linus' plan assumes you have a .git/config file. I don't think a
cogito-based checkout follows such modern conventions - here's an
alternative plan:

 - make sure you have a current git

 - get a fresh clone of linux-2.6, and in there

    # tell it about your old checkout
    $ git remote add oldlinux /path/to/your/older/linux/checkout/.git
    $ git fetch oldlinux
    # visualise what's in there
    $ gitk origin/master oldlinux/master

    # you may want to merge your old branch
    $ git merge oldlinux/master

hth,


martin
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