Re: A problem with http://git.linuxtv.org/media_tree.git

["Matti J. Aaltonen" <matti.j.aaltonen@nokia.com>]

On Wed, 2010-08-11 at 15:16 +0200, ext Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> Em 11-08-2010 08:44, Matti J. Aaltonen escreveu:
> > Hi again.
> > 
> > On Wed, 2010-08-11 at 14:34 +0300, Matti J. Aaltonen wrote:
> >> Hello.
> >>
> >> On Wed, 2010-08-11 at 12:56 +0200, ext Hans Verkuil wrote:
> >>>> Hi.
> >>>>
> >>>> I cloned your tree at 	http://linuxtv.org/git/media_tree.git and checked
> >>>> out the origin/staging/v2.6.37 branch and the
> >>>> Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-controls.txt  just isn't there. I asked
> >>>> one of my colleagues to do the same and the result was also the same.
> >>>
> >>> The file is in the v2.6.36 branch. It hasn't been merged yet in the
> >>> v2.6.37 branch.
> >>
> >> 37 above was a typo, sorry. My point was that we couldn't find it in the
> >> origin/staging/v2.6.36 branch... and that the branch lags behind of what
> >> can be seen via the git web interface...
> >>
> >> B.R.
> >> Matti
> > 
> > I'd suggest - if that's not too much trouble - that you'd clone the tree
> > using http (from http://linuxtv.org/git/media_tree.git) and then checked
> > out the 36 branch and see that it works for you and then post the
> > command you used and then I'll admit what I did wrong - if necessary:-)
> 
> You should try to avoid using http method for clone/fetch. It depends on some 
> files that are created by running "git update-server-info". There's a script to
> run it automatically after each push. Yet, the better is to use git.

I guess I didn't emphasize my point enough... I would avoid using http
if it wasn't the only protocol I can use to access your site... And if
you have serious problems with it I think it would be fair to mention
that on your git web page...

Anyway, I tried it again just a moment ago and got:

......

got f08c0c2dab44348919ec296254c3cc39d34e9f85
walk a63ecd835f075b21d7d5cef9580447f5fbb36263
error: Unable to find 4648030cc15d5a0ab19505774abe2a042c7d9ee3 under
http://linuxtv.org/git/media_tree.git
Cannot obtain needed tree 4648030cc15d5a0ab19505774abe2a042c7d9ee3
while processing commit a63ecd835f075b21d7d5cef9580447f5fbb36263.
fatal: Fetch failed.


Cheers,
Matti
















> 
> I've just ran it right now. Maybe this solved the issue.
> 
> Cheers,
> Mauro
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