Re: [PATCH] git-clone: Error meaningfully on failed HTTP fetches of HEAD

Martin Langhoff [off-list ref] writes:

A common problem when cloning over http is that the repo has
a symlink for HEAD, and apache refuses to serve symlinks by
default.

Without this patch, the clone succeeds as a "bare" and "HEADless"
clone, but does not give any indication that things have gone
wrong.

A bare clone that fails to fetch HEAD will still complete
"successfully". I'm not sure if that's expected/desired. Is a
HEADless repo valid in any situation?

You would get "fatal: Not a git repository".  Why not default to
'master' (if found) and issue a warning?

Junio C Hamano wrote:

quoted

A bare clone that fails to fetch HEAD will still complete
"successfully". I'm not sure if that's expected/desired. Is a
HEADless repo valid in any situation?

You would get "fatal: Not a git repository".  Why not default to
'master' (if found) and issue a warning?

And if not found die() for real...? Ok. I'll rework and resend.

cheers,



m
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