* Old versions of git-init don't support --git-dir or GIT_DIR with

  --bare. Change ikiwiki-makerepo to use a method that should work with
  those older versions too.

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 2dd38965efad07da90a0878d75ce16a3e08e2853..feeb7bdc71c1cbc2018f7a99d9e2d2bea7a49fa6 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+ikiwiki (2.21) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+  * Old versions of git-init don't support --git-dir or GIT_DIR with
+    --bare. Change ikiwiki-makerepo to use a method that should work with
+    those older versions too.
+
+ -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:09:37 -0500
+

 ikiwiki (2.20) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * inline: Add copyright/license info on a per-post basis to atom
 ikiwiki (2.20) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * inline: Add copyright/license info on a per-post basis to atom

diff --git a/doc/setup/discussion.mdwn b/doc/setup/discussion.mdwn
index 9006030d929495aae535bdbe01ebc1dc99d0cae8..97c4cb93b3976b63ce54bda11d5001696a5a91d0 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/setup/discussion.mdwn
+++ b/doc/setup/discussion.mdwn
@@ -32,70 +32,14 @@ n.b. svn version of command worked fine :)
 
 --Andy
 
 
 --Andy
 

-> Please show me a transcript of it not working. Here is a transcript of it
-> working just as the tutorial describes it to work:
->      
->      joey@kodama:~/tmp/work>ls
->      repo/  src/
->      joey@kodama:~/tmp/work>rm -rf repo src
->      joey@kodama:~/tmp/work>mkdir src
->      joey@kodama:~/tmp/work>echo hi > src/index.html
->      joey@kodama:~/tmp/work>ikiwiki-makerepo git src repo
->      Importing src into git
->      Initialized empty shared Git repository in /home/joey/tmp/work/repo/
->      Initialized empty Git repository in .git/
->      Created initial commit 2254e46: initial commit
->       2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
->       create mode 100644 .gitignore
->       create mode 100644 index.html
->      updating 'refs/heads/master'
->        from 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
->        to   2254e462e31429e755bae56939c4319be8bb912b
->       Also local refs/remotes/origin/master
->      Generating pack...
->      Done counting 4 objects.
->      Deltifying 4 objects...
->       100% (4/4) done
->      Writing 4 objects...
->      Unpacking 4 objects...
->       100% (4/4) done
->      refs/heads/master: 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 -> 2254e462e31429e755bae56939c4319be8bb912b
->      
->      Total 4 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0)
->      Directory src is now a clone of git repository /home/joey/tmp/work/repo
-
-
-OK here goes - I'm afraid its to color codes in it, so its a bit bigger and less readable than yours - apologies.
-
-<pre>
-Script started on Fri 11 Jan 2008 19:29:44 GMT
-^[]0;deploy@little-un: ~/tmp^G^M^M
-^[[44;01;33mdeploy@little-un^[[40;0;37m:^[[01;34m~/tmp^[[00m$ ls^M
-^[[00m^[[00;32msrc^[[00m  ^[[00mtypescript^[[00m^M
-^[[m^[]0;deploy@little-un: ~/tmp^G^M^M
-^[[44;01;33mdeploy@little-un^[[40;0;37m:^[[01;34m~/tmp^[[00m$ echo hi src/index.mdwn^M
-hi src/index.mdwn^M
-^[]0;deploy@little-un: ~/tmp^G^M^M
-^[[44;01;33mdeploy@little-un^[[40;0;37m:^[[01;34m~/tmp^[[00m$ echo hi src/index.mdwn^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^[[4h>^[[4l^[[4h ^[[4l^M
-^[]0;deploy@little-un: ~/tmp^G^M^M
-^[[44;01;33mdeploy@little-un^[[40;0;37m:^[[01;34m~/tmp^[[00m$ ikiwiki-makerepo src ^H^[[K^H^[[K^H^[[K^H^[[Kgit src repo^M
-Importing src into git^M
-Initialized empty shared Git repository in /home/deploy/tmp/^M
-Initialized empty Git repository in .git/^M
-Created initial commit 9f55e11: initial commit^M
- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)^M
- create mode 100644 .gitignore^M
-fatal: '/home/deploy/tmp/repo': unable to chdir or not a git archive^M
-fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly^M
-error: failed to push to '/home/deploy/tmp/repo'^M
-^[]0;deploy@little-un: ~/tmp^G^M^M
-^[[44;01;33mdeploy@little-un^[[40;0;37m:^[[01;34m~/tmp^[[00m$ ls^M
-^[[00m^[[00;32mbranches^[[00m  ^[[00mconfig^[[00m  ^[[00mdescription^[[00m  ^[[00mHEAD^[[00m  ^[[00mhi^[[00m  ^[[00;32mhooks^[[00m  ^[[00;32minfo^[[00m  ^[[00;32mobjects^[[00m  ^[[00;32mrefs^[[00m  ^[[00;32msrc^[[00m  ^[[00mtypescript^[[00m^M
-^[[m^[]0;deploy@little-un: ~/tmp^G^M^M
-^[[44;01;33mdeploy@little-un^[[40;0;37m:^[[01;34m~/tmp^[[00m$ exit^M
-
-Script done on Fri 11 Jan 2008 19:32:21 GMT
-</pre>
+>      Initialized empty shared Git repository in /home/deploy/tmp/
+>      Initialized empty Git repository in .git/
+>      fatal: '/home/deploy/tmp/repo': unable to chdir or not a git archive
+
+Looks like your git does not support GIT_DIR being used with git-init. I
+see some mentions of changes in git's changelog for 1.5.3 that look
+relevant. I've changed ikiwiki-makerepo to use a method more portable to
+older versions of git. --[[Joey]]

 
 ----
 
 
 ----
 

diff --git a/ikiwiki-makerepo b/ikiwiki-makerepo
index a6999cb4a32288ef53910c664921661d981306d8..423c4d93b85573262c5677a6515c7de6bd329e84 100755 (executable)
--- a/ikiwiki-makerepo
+++ b/ikiwiki-makerepo
@@ -50,7 +50,11 @@ svn)
        echo "Directory $srcdir is now a checkout of $rcs repository $repository"
 ;;
 git)
        echo "Directory $srcdir is now a checkout of $rcs repository $repository"
 ;;
 git)

-       GIT_DIR="$repository" git --bare init --shared
+       # There are better ways to do this, but this works with older
+       # versions of git.)
+       mkdir -p "$repository"
+       (cd "$repository" && git --bare init --shared)
+

        cd "$srcdir"
        git init
        echo /.ikiwiki > .gitignore
        cd "$srcdir"
        git init
        echo /.ikiwiki > .gitignore