Re: What am I doing wrong?

[Paul Gardiner <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Fri, 16 May 2008, Paul Gardiner wrote:
>
> > Michael J Gruber wrote:
> > > Paul Gardiner venit, vidit, dixit 16.05.2008 14:32:
> > > > Michael J Gruber wrote:
> > > > > Paul Gardiner venit, vidit, dixit 16.05.2008 13:25:
> > > > > > I create the initial repository with
> > > > > >
> > > > > >      git-clone /<full-path>/<name>.git/ <folder>
> > > > > >
> > > > > > That works fine, but then I can't fetch. git-fetch gives the error
> > > > > > "fatal: 'origin': unable to chdir or not a git archive"
> > > > > > "fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly"
> > > > > >
> > > > > > P.
> > > > > Are you trying to clone a bare repository?
> > > > > Or is your repo maybe at /<full-path>/<name> with a .git subdir?
> > > > Yes, a bare repository.
> > > Then, maybe the full list of command lines (including cd and git-fetch)
> > > would be helpful in order to track this down.
> > Ok, sorry, thought it was probable something really obvious. Here's the
> > sequence (using git version 1.5.4).
> >
> > $ git-clone /big/git/paul.git/ epage
> > Initialized empty Git repository in /home/paul/epage/.git/
> > 719749 bolcks
>
> Something tells me that this is not a copy/paste ;-)

The "big" bit you mean? :-) It just happened to be the name
chosen for the mount of a large disc when added to the
server.

> > $ cd epage
> > $ git-fetch
> > fatal: 'origin': unable to chdir or not a git archive
> > fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly
>
> Is there a "[remote "origin"]" section in .git/config?  What Git version 
> is this, anyway?

No, not in /home/paul/epage/.git/config. There's just a [core] section. 
I guess that's the problem. I thought git-clone set that up automatically.

It's v1.5.4

P.
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