also sprach Aneesh Kumar K.V [off-list ref] [2009.02.12.1025 +0100]:

Latest git and topgit. Moving to git version v1.6.1.3 fixed the issue.
I can reproduce the problem on any test repo. Just do a tg update after
committing something in the dependent branch.

This is not helpful. Please provide a complete transcript of
a session reproducing the problem.

I can't:

piper:~|master|.tmp/cdt.GydvBgiR% echo foo > bar                                                 #10002
piper:~|master|.tmp/cdt.GydvBgiR% giti                                                           #10003
Initialized empty Git repository in /home/madduck/.tmp/cdt.GydvBgiR/.git/
Created initial commit 0f189f3: initial checkin
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 bar
piper:~/.tmp/cdt.GydvBgiR|master|% tg create test                                                #10004
tg: Automatically marking dependency on master
tg: Creating test base from master...
Switched to a new branch "test"
tg: Topic branch test set up. Please fill .topmsg now and make initial commit.
tg: To abort: git rm -f .top* && git checkout master && tg delete test
cached/staged changes:
 .topdeps |    1 +
 .topmsg  |    6 ++++++
piper:~/.tmp/cdt.GydvBgiR|master|% git commit -minit                                             #10005
Created commit d49ea41: init
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .topdeps
 create mode 100644 .topmsg
piper:~/.tmp/cdt.GydvBgiR|test|% echo bar >> bar                                                 #10006
changes on filesystem:
 bar |    1 +
piper:~/.tmp/cdt.GydvBgiR|test|% git add bar                                                     #10007
cached/staged changes:
 bar |    1 +
piper:~/.tmp/cdt.GydvBgiR|test|% git commit -m'append'                                           #10008
Created commit e85457e: append
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
piper:~/.tmp/cdt.GydvBgiR|test|% tg update                                                       #10009
tg: The base is up-to-date.
tg: The test head is up-to-date wrt. the base.
piper:~/.tmp/cdt.GydvBgiR|test|% git --version                                                   #10010
git version 1.6.0.2
piper:~/.tmp/cdt.GydvBgiR|test|% tg --version                                                    #10011
Unknown subcommand: --version
TopGit v0.5 - A different patch queue manager
Usage: tg [-r REMOTE] (create|delete|depend|export|import|info|mail|patch|remote|summary|update|help) ...

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