* Emil Velikov <emil.l.veli...@gmail.com> [150630 10:04]: > Hi Liam, > > On 29/06/15 18:23, Liam R. Howlett wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Since git 2.3, there have been a number of new fsck options added which > > produce issues when I clone the repository > > git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/mesa/mesa > > > Can you be more specific about the fsck options and the messages that > you're seeing ?
Sorry, I forgot to include the errors. What you mentioned below are the same errors that I see (error in tag: .. unterminated header). > > > These new tests are enabled by default when using git fsck. I have been > > testing with git version 2.4.4.409.g5b1d901 and thought you might want > > to know so the error/warning messages can be avoided. > > > From a quick look (running git 2.4.4) there are 68 "error in tag $sha: > unterminated header" messages. > > By the looks of it most/all of those are old tags (which we don't care > too much nowdays) and they are lacking the trailing \n. Afaict other > projects have the same "problem", and the git devs are working on a fix [1]. Yes, it appears the errors are being reported due to the legacy tags that were created. You can wait for git to change its behaviour or fix the tags by recreating them. I came across an issue and wanted to be sure that it was known since I didn't find anything about them on the mailing list. Thank you for your time and apologies about the lack of details in my first email, Liam > > Cheers, > Emil > > [1] http://www.spinics.net/lists/git/msg254657.html _______________________________________________ mesa-dev mailing list mesa-dev@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/mesa-dev