Re: git hang-ups

[Graham Percival]

On Mon, Aug 03, 2009 at 08:54:58AM +0100, Trevor Daniels wrote:
>
> Mark Polesky wrote Monday, August 03, 2009 2:30 AM
>>
> 3.
>> git gui/Repository/Verify Database
>> With that, I get:
>> Error: Command Failed
>> git-fsck-objects.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close.
>> We are sorry for the inconvenience.
>
> So there is no problem starting git tasks,
> but all fail during processing.  Errors 2
> and 3 don't need ssh, so that isn't the
> problem.

Agreed.

What does:
  git reset --hard origin
or
  git reset --hard origin master
do?  I'd expect one of those to set you to a working state.  (NB:
by "I'd expect", I mean "as a user, I think the program should do
this".  Unfortunately, as somebody who's been fighting with git
for years, I have no confidence that git /will/ behave in that
manner)


>> I'm thinking of removing my entire lilypond repo and starting
>> over from the beginning. If that doesn't work, I'll uninstall/
>> reinstall git.
>
> Well, that would eliminate one possibility,
> and it's easy to do, but I'm not convinced
> you have a problem with the git code.

If you do restart, try the
  git clone --depth 1 git://URL
method.  (the CG will probably be updated to use this method in a
week or so)

Cheers,
- Graham