From ef4cffde9cf45a4203be5f78cf8f025f4f694a66 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeff King Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 07:53:47 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] git-clone: print an error message when trying to clone empty repo Previously, cloning an empty repository looked like this: $ (mkdir parent && cd parent && git --bare init) $ git-clone parent child Initialized empty Git repository in /home/peff/clone/child/.git/ $ cd child -bash: cd: child: No such file or directory $ echo 'wtf?' | mail git@vger.kernel.org Now we at least report that the clone was not successful. Signed-off-by: Jeff King Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- git-clone.sh | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/git-clone.sh b/git-clone.sh index ecf9d89a10..96a356d8b3 100755 --- a/git-clone.sh +++ b/git-clone.sh @@ -297,7 +297,8 @@ yes) find objects -type f -print | sed -e 1q) # objects directory should not be empty because # we are cloning! - test -f "$repo/$sample_file" || exit + test -f "$repo/$sample_file" || + die "fatal: cannot clone empty repository" if ln "$repo/$sample_file" "$GIT_DIR/objects/sample" 2>/dev/null then rm -f "$GIT_DIR/objects/sample" -- 2.11.4.GIT