41 lines
1.6 KiB
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41 lines
1.6 KiB
Markdown
### Please describe the problem.
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git-annex does not check for the minimum version of Git that it requires, and therefore it sometimes uses flags which my installed Git does not recognize.
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This happens when converting some indirect repositories to direct ones on an older server.
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### What steps will reproduce the problem?
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git annex direct
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### What version of git-annex are you using? On what operating system?
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git-annex version: 5.20131130
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### Please provide any additional information below.
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[[!format sh """
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# If you can, paste a complete transcript of the problem occurring here.
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# If the problem is with the git-annex assistant, paste in .git/annex/daemon.log
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direct iTunes/iTunes Media/iTunes U/Statistics 110_ Probability/Strategic Practice and Homework 9.pdf ok
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direct iTunes/iTunes Media/iTunes U/Statistics 110_ Probability/Syllabus.pdf ok
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direct error: unknown switch `B'
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usage: git checkout [options] <branch>
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or: git checkout [options] [<branch>] -- <file>...
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# End of transcript or log.
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"""]]
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> git-annex checks the git version at compile time and arranges to use
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> commands that will work with that version of git at run time.
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> Adding a runtime check for a minimum git version would slow every git-annex
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> command down and so I don't want to do it. It's up to the user to not
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> built git-annex with a new version of git and then try to use it with an
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> old version of git.
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> `git checkout -B` seems to have been added to git quite a long time ago
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> (2010), in version 1.7.1.1. I've made git-annex check at compile
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> time if being built with such an old version and refuse to build.
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> [[done]]. --[[Joey]]
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