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Jeff King 77583e7739 index-pack: distinguish missing objects from type errors
When we fetch a pack that does not contain an object we
expected to receive, we get an error like:

  $ git init --bare tmp.git && cd tmp.git
  $ git fetch ../parent.git
  [...]
  error: Could not read 964953ec7bcc0245cb1d0db4095455edd21a2f2e
  fatal: Failed to traverse parents of commit b8247b40caf6704fe52736cdece6d6aae87471aa
  error: ../parent.git did not send all necessary objects

This comes from the check_everything_connected rev-list. If
we try cloning the same repo (rather than a fetch), we end
up using index-pack's --check-self-contained-and-connected
option instead, which produces output like:

  $ git clone --no-local --bare parent.git tmp.git
  [...]
  fatal: object of unexpected type
  fatal: index-pack failed

Not only is the sha1 missing, but it's a misleading message.
There's no type problem, but rather a missing object
problem; we don't notice the difference because we simply
compare OBJ_BAD != OBJ_BLOB.  Let's provide a different
message for this case:

  $ git clone --no-local --bare parent.git tmp.git
  fatal: did not receive expected object 6b00a8c61ed379d5f925a72c1987c9c52129d364
  fatal: index-pack failed

While we're at it, let's also improve a true type mismatch
error to look like

  fatal: object 6b00a8c61ed379d5f925a72c1987c9c52129d364: expected type blob, got tree

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-05-12 11:27:50 -07:00
block-sha1 block-sha1/sha1.c: have SP around arithmetic operators 2013-10-16 10:27:27 -07:00
builtin index-pack: distinguish missing objects from type errors 2014-05-12 11:27:50 -07:00
compat Merge branch 'jk/commit-dates-parsing-fix' into maint 2014-04-09 11:59:38 -07:00
contrib Merge branch 'rh/prompt-pcmode-avoid-eval-on-refname' into maint 2014-05-08 10:01:18 -07:00
Documentation Git 1.9.3 2014-05-09 10:59:07 -07:00
git-gui git-gui 0.19.0 2014-01-21 13:16:17 -08:00
gitk-git Merge git://ozlabs.org/~paulus/gitk 2014-01-23 08:50:50 -08:00
gitweb comments: fix misuses of "nor" 2014-03-31 15:29:27 -07:00
mergetools mergetools/diffmerge: support DiffMerge as a git mergetool 2013-10-13 16:00:57 -07:00
perl code and test: fix misuses of "nor" 2014-03-31 15:29:33 -07:00
po i18n: proposed command missing leading dash 2014-03-05 22:10:24 +08:00
ppc
t Merge branch 'rh/prompt-pcmode-avoid-eval-on-refname' into maint 2014-05-08 10:01:18 -07:00
templates sample pre-commit hook: use --bool when retrieving config var 2013-09-24 12:26:49 -07:00
vcs-svn strbuf: introduce starts_with() and ends_with() 2013-12-05 14:12:52 -08:00
xdiff C: have space around && and || operators 2013-10-16 10:26:39 -07:00
.gitattributes
.gitignore Merge branch 'jk/remove-deprecated' 2013-12-12 14:18:34 -08:00
.mailmap .mailmap: switch to Thomas Rast's personal address 2013-10-13 14:28:27 -07:00
abspath.c Merge branch 'ap/path-max' 2014-01-10 10:32:18 -08:00
aclocal.m4
advice.c
advice.h
alias.c replace {pre,suf}fixcmp() with {starts,ends}_with() 2013-12-05 14:13:21 -08:00
alloc.c alloc.c: have SP around arithmetic operators 2013-10-16 10:27:26 -07:00
archive-tar.c
archive-zip.c
archive.c archive.c: have SP around arithmetic operators 2013-10-16 10:27:26 -07:00
archive.h
argv-array.c
argv-array.h
attr.c replace {pre,suf}fixcmp() with {starts,ends}_with() 2013-12-05 14:13:21 -08:00
attr.h
base85.c base85.c: have SP around arithmetic operators 2013-10-16 10:27:26 -07:00
bisect.c replace {pre,suf}fixcmp() with {starts,ends}_with() 2013-12-05 14:13:21 -08:00
bisect.h
blob.c
blob.h
branch.c replace {pre,suf}fixcmp() with {starts,ends}_with() 2013-12-05 14:13:21 -08:00
branch.h
builtin.h builtin/help.c: speed up is_git_command() by checking for builtin commands first 2014-01-06 11:26:31 -08:00
bulk-checkin.c
bulk-checkin.h
bundle.c bundle: use argv-array 2013-11-12 13:32:11 -08:00
bundle.h
cache-tree.c
cache-tree.h
cache.h Merge branch 'jk/commit-dates-parsing-fix' into maint 2014-03-18 14:04:01 -07:00
check-builtins.sh
check-racy.c
check_bindir
color.c
color.h
column.c comments: fix misuses of "nor" 2014-03-31 15:29:27 -07:00
column.h
combine-diff.c Merge branch 'tr/log-full-diff-keep-true-parents' into maint 2013-09-18 11:59:05 -07:00
command-list.txt peek-remote: remove deprecated alias of ls-remote 2013-11-12 14:10:22 -08:00
commit-slab.h commit-slab: sizeof() the right type in xrealloc 2013-12-02 12:46:01 -08:00
commit.c Merge branch 'vm/octopus-merge-bases-simplify' 2014-01-10 10:33:45 -08:00
commit.h Merge branch 'bp/commit-p-editor' into maint 2014-04-08 12:07:06 -07:00
config.c Merge branch 'jk/config-path-include-fix' into maint 2014-03-18 14:00:15 -07:00
config.mak.in
config.mak.uname Merge branch 'jk/commit-dates-parsing-fix' into maint 2014-04-09 11:59:38 -07:00
configure.ac
connect.c Merge branch 'nd/shallow-clone' 2014-01-17 12:21:20 -08:00
connect.h connect.c: refactor url parsing 2013-12-09 14:54:48 -08:00
connected.c Merge branch 'nd/shallow-clone' 2014-01-17 12:21:20 -08:00
connected.h connected.c: add new variant that runs with --shallow-file 2013-12-10 16:14:18 -08:00
convert.c replace {pre,suf}fixcmp() with {starts,ends}_with() 2013-12-05 14:13:21 -08:00
convert.h
copy.c
COPYING
credential-cache--daemon.c
credential-cache.c
credential-store.c
credential.c
credential.h
csum-file.c Merge branch 'jk/sha1write-void' 2014-01-10 10:33:09 -08:00
csum-file.h Merge branch 'jk/sha1write-void' 2014-01-10 10:33:09 -08:00
ctype.c
daemon.c Merge branch 'nd/daemon-informative-errors-typofix' 2014-01-10 10:32:59 -08:00
date.c Merge branch 'jk/commit-dates-parsing-fix' into maint 2014-03-18 14:04:01 -07:00
decorate.c
decorate.h
delta.h comments: fix misuses of "nor" 2014-03-31 15:29:27 -07:00
diff-delta.c
diff-lib.c pathspec: convert some match_pathspec_depth() to ce_path_match() 2014-02-24 14:36:52 -08:00
diff-no-index.c Merge branch 'jc/fix-diff-no-index-diff-opt-parse' into maint 2014-04-09 11:59:16 -07:00
diff.c comments: fix misuses of "nor" 2014-03-31 15:29:27 -07:00
diff.h Merge branch 'tg/diff-no-index-refactor' 2013-12-27 14:58:17 -08:00
diffcore-break.c
diffcore-delta.c
diffcore-order.c Merge branch 'sb/diff-orderfile-config' 2014-01-10 10:32:42 -08:00
diffcore-pickaxe.c
diffcore-rename.c
diffcore.h Merge branch 'nd/diff-quiet-stat-dirty' into maint 2014-03-18 13:59:56 -07:00
dir.c pathspec: pass directory indicator to match_pathspec_item() 2014-02-24 14:37:19 -08:00
dir.h pathspec: pass directory indicator to match_pathspec_item() 2014-02-24 14:37:19 -08:00
editor.c
entry.c Merge branch 'mh/remove-subtree-long-pathname-fix' into maint 2014-04-03 13:39:05 -07:00
environment.c Merge branch 'nd/shallow-clone' 2014-01-17 12:21:20 -08:00
exec_cmd.c
exec_cmd.h
fast-import.c replace {pre,suf}fixcmp() with {starts,ends}_with() 2013-12-05 14:13:21 -08:00
fetch-pack.c Merge branch 'jk/shallow-update-fix' into maint 2014-04-03 13:39:03 -07:00
fetch-pack.h Merge branch 'nd/shallow-clone' 2014-01-17 12:21:20 -08:00
fmt-merge-msg.h
fsck.c date: check date overflow against time_t 2014-02-24 10:12:58 -08:00
fsck.h
generate-cmdlist.sh
gettext.c gettext.c: detect the vsnprintf bug at runtime 2013-12-04 16:10:51 -08:00
gettext.h
git-add--interactive.perl code and test: fix misuses of "nor" 2014-03-31 15:29:33 -07:00
git-am.sh comments: fix misuses of "nor" 2014-03-31 15:29:27 -07:00
git-archimport.perl
git-bisect.sh typofixes: fix misspelt comments 2013-11-12 09:24:27 -08:00
git-compat-util.h Merge branch 'jk/commit-dates-parsing-fix' into maint 2014-04-09 11:59:38 -07:00
git-cvsexportcommit.perl
git-cvsimport.perl
git-cvsserver.perl Merge branch 'ak/cvsserver-stabilize-use-of-hash-keys' 2013-11-04 14:58:05 -08:00
git-difftool--helper.sh difftool: display the number of files in the diff queue in the prompt 2013-12-06 14:00:27 -08:00
git-difftool.perl difftool: support repositories with .git-files 2014-02-24 09:53:57 -08:00
git-filter-branch.sh Merge branch 'lc/filter-branch-too-many-refs' 2013-10-17 15:55:12 -07:00
git-instaweb.sh use @@PERL@@ in built scripts 2013-10-29 12:41:17 -07:00
git-merge-octopus.sh
git-merge-one-file.sh
git-merge-resolve.sh
git-mergetool--lib.sh remove #!interpreter line from shell libraries 2013-11-26 14:23:56 -08:00
git-mergetool.sh
git-p4.py Merge branch 'cl/p4-use-diff-tree' into maint 2014-05-08 10:01:32 -07:00
git-parse-remote.sh remove #!interpreter line from shell libraries 2013-11-26 14:23:56 -08:00
git-pull.sh Merge branch 'jk/pull-rebase-using-fork-point' 2014-01-17 12:04:29 -08:00
git-quiltimport.sh
git-rebase--am.sh rebase: avoid non-function use of "return" on FreeBSD 2014-04-17 10:13:29 -07:00
git-rebase--interactive.sh rebase: avoid non-function use of "return" on FreeBSD 2014-04-17 10:13:29 -07:00
git-rebase--merge.sh rebase: avoid non-function use of "return" on FreeBSD 2014-04-17 10:13:29 -07:00
git-rebase.sh Revert "rebase: fix run_specific_rebase's use of "return" on FreeBSD" 2014-04-17 10:15:27 -07:00
git-relink.perl
git-remote-testgit.sh
git-request-pull.sh Merge branch 'jk/replace-perl-in-built-scripts' 2013-12-05 12:58:21 -08:00
git-send-email.perl Merge branch 'rk/send-email-ssl-cert' into maint 2014-02-13 13:38:19 -08:00
git-sh-i18n.sh remove #!interpreter line from shell libraries 2013-11-26 14:23:56 -08:00
git-sh-setup.sh Merge branch 'jn/pager-lv-default-env' 2014-01-13 11:33:35 -08:00
git-stash.sh Merge branch 'jc/stash-pop-not-popped' into maint 2014-04-03 13:39:03 -07:00
git-submodule.sh Merge branch 'fp/submodule-checkout-mode' 2014-01-17 12:21:20 -08:00
git-svn.perl git-svn: Warn about changing default for --prefix in Git v2.0 2013-10-12 22:30:53 +00:00
GIT-VERSION-GEN Git 1.9.3 2014-05-09 10:59:07 -07:00
git-web--browse.sh web--browse: Add support for xdg-open 2013-10-30 13:54:15 -07:00
git.c Merge branch 'nd/shallow-clone' 2014-01-17 12:21:20 -08:00
git.rc Makefile: Fix compilation of Windows resource file 2014-01-23 10:00:28 -08:00
git.spec.in
gpg-interface.c
gpg-interface.h
graph.c graph: fix coloring around octopus merges 2013-10-18 12:48:48 -07:00
graph.h
grep.c
grep.h
hash.c
hash.h
help.c replace {pre,suf}fixcmp() with {starts,ends}_with() 2013-12-05 14:13:21 -08:00
help.h
hex.c
http-backend.c replace {pre,suf}fixcmp() with {starts,ends}_with() 2013-12-05 14:13:21 -08:00
http-fetch.c
http-push.c replace {pre,suf}fixcmp() with {starts,ends}_with() 2013-12-05 14:13:21 -08:00
http-walker.c
http.c Merge branch 'cc/starts-n-ends-with' 2013-12-17 12:02:44 -08:00
http.h comments: fix misuses of "nor" 2014-03-31 15:29:27 -07:00
ident.c Merge branch 'jk/split-broken-ident' into maint 2013-11-07 14:34:51 -08:00
imap-send.c replace {pre,suf}fixcmp() with {starts,ends}_with() 2013-12-05 14:13:21 -08:00
INSTALL
kwset.c
kwset.h
levenshtein.c
levenshtein.h
LGPL-2.1
line-log.c Merge branch 'nd/magic-pathspec' 2013-10-30 12:10:33 -07:00
line-log.h
line-range.c
line-range.h
list-objects.c Merge branch 'jk/mark-edges-uninteresting' 2014-01-27 10:45:08 -08:00
list-objects.h
ll-merge.c
ll-merge.h
lockfile.c
log-tree.c Merge branch 'bc/log-decoration' 2014-01-10 10:32:39 -08:00
log-tree.h
mailmap.c Merge branch 'jc/strcasecmp-pure-inline' 2013-09-24 23:28:13 -07:00
mailmap.h
Makefile Merge branch 'jl/nor-or-nand-and' into maint 2014-04-09 12:03:26 -07:00
match-trees.c
merge-blobs.c
merge-blobs.h
merge-recursive.c Merge branch 'bk/refresh-missing-ok-in-merge-recursive' into maint 2014-03-18 14:02:38 -07:00
merge-recursive.h
merge.c
mergesort.c
mergesort.h
name-hash.c name-hash: stop storing trailing '/' on paths in index_state.dir_hash 2013-09-17 10:08:07 -07:00
notes-cache.c
notes-cache.h
notes-merge.c
notes-merge.h
notes-utils.c Merge branch 'cc/starts-n-ends-with' 2013-12-17 12:02:44 -08:00
notes-utils.h
notes.c replace {pre,suf}fixcmp() with {starts,ends}_with() 2013-12-05 14:13:21 -08:00
notes.h
object.c Merge branch 'mg/more-textconv' 2013-10-23 13:21:31 -07:00
object.h Merge branch 'mg/more-textconv' 2013-10-23 13:21:31 -07:00
pack-check.c
pack-revindex.c
pack-revindex.h
pack-write.c Merge branch 'jk/sha1write-void' 2014-01-10 10:33:09 -08:00
pack.h pack-objects: name pack files after trailer hash 2013-12-05 15:40:11 -08:00
pager.c Merge branch 'jn/pager-lv-default-env' 2014-01-13 11:33:35 -08:00
parse-options-cb.c
parse-options.c replace {pre,suf}fixcmp() with {starts,ends}_with() 2013-12-05 14:13:21 -08:00
parse-options.h parse-options: remove OPT_BOOLEAN 2013-12-09 11:24:16 -08:00
patch-delta.c
patch-ids.c
patch-ids.h
path.c Merge branch 'jk/config-path-include-fix' into maint 2014-03-18 14:00:15 -07:00
pathspec.c pathspec: convert some match_pathspec_depth() to ce_path_match() 2014-02-24 14:36:52 -08:00
pathspec.h Support pathspec magic :(exclude) and its short form :! 2013-12-06 13:00:39 -08:00
pkt-line.c replace {pre,suf}fixcmp() with {starts,ends}_with() 2013-12-05 14:13:21 -08:00
pkt-line.h comments: fix misuses of "nor" 2014-03-31 15:29:27 -07:00
preload-index.c pathspec: convert some match_pathspec_depth() to ce_path_match() 2014-02-24 14:36:52 -08:00
pretty.c Merge branch 'jk/commit-dates-parsing-fix' into maint 2014-03-18 14:04:01 -07:00
prio-queue.c
prio-queue.h
progress.c
progress.h
prompt.c Revert "prompt: clean up strbuf usage" 2014-01-02 10:21:40 -08:00
prompt.h
quote.c
quote.h
reachable.c
reachable.h
read-cache.c Merge branch 'bk/refresh-missing-ok-in-merge-recursive' into maint 2014-03-18 14:02:38 -07:00
README
reflog-walk.c
reflog-walk.h
refs.c Merge branch 'mh/safe-create-leading-directories' 2014-01-27 10:45:33 -08:00
refs.h Merge branch 'sb/refs-code-cleanup' 2013-11-01 07:38:58 -07:00
RelNotes Start preparing for 1.9.3 2014-05-08 10:05:22 -07:00
remote-curl.c Merge branch 'nd/shallow-clone' 2014-01-17 12:21:20 -08:00
remote-testsvn.c replace {pre,suf}fixcmp() with {starts,ends}_with() 2013-12-05 14:13:21 -08:00
remote.c Merge branch 'jl/nor-or-nand-and' into maint 2014-04-09 12:03:26 -07:00
remote.h Merge branch 'nd/shallow-clone' 2014-01-17 12:21:20 -08:00
replace_object.c replace_object: don't check read_replace_refs twice 2013-12-12 11:53:48 -08:00
rerere.c pathspec: pass directory indicator to match_pathspec_item() 2014-02-24 14:37:19 -08:00
rerere.h
resolve-undo.c pathspec: convert some match_pathspec_depth() to ce_path_match() 2014-02-24 14:36:52 -08:00
resolve-undo.h
revision.c pathspec: convert some match_pathspec_depth() to ce_path_match() 2014-02-24 14:36:52 -08:00
revision.h Merge branch 'jc/ref-excludes' 2013-12-05 12:59:09 -08:00
run-command.c commit: fix patch hunk editing with "commit -p -m" 2014-03-18 11:25:12 -07:00
run-command.h run-command: mark run_hook_with_custom_index as deprecated 2014-03-18 11:26:12 -07:00
send-pack.c Merge branch 'nd/shallow-clone' 2014-01-17 12:21:20 -08:00
send-pack.h remote.h: replace struct extra_have_objects with struct sha1_array 2013-12-10 16:14:15 -08:00
sequencer.c replace {pre,suf}fixcmp() with {starts,ends}_with() 2013-12-05 14:13:21 -08:00
sequencer.h
server-info.c
setup.c replace {pre,suf}fixcmp() with {starts,ends}_with() 2013-12-05 14:13:21 -08:00
sh-i18n--envsubst.c
sha1-array.c
sha1-array.h
sha1-lookup.c
sha1-lookup.h
sha1_file.c code and test: fix misuses of "nor" 2014-03-31 15:29:33 -07:00
sha1_name.c Merge branch 'jk/interpret-branch-name-fix' 2014-01-27 10:44:21 -08:00
shallow.c shallow: verify shallow file after taking lock 2014-03-17 15:03:32 -07:00
shell.c replace {pre,suf}fixcmp() with {starts,ends}_with() 2013-12-05 14:13:21 -08:00
shortlog.h
show-index.c
sideband.c
sideband.h
sigchain.c
sigchain.h
strbuf.c strbuf: introduce starts_with() and ends_with() 2013-12-05 14:12:52 -08:00
strbuf.h
streaming.c Merge branch 'ef/mingw-write' 2014-01-27 10:44:59 -08:00
streaming.h
string-list.c
string-list.h
submodule.c replace {pre,suf}fixcmp() with {starts,ends}_with() 2013-12-05 14:13:21 -08:00
submodule.h
symlinks.c
tag.c replace {pre,suf}fixcmp() with {starts,ends}_with() 2013-12-05 14:13:21 -08:00
tag.h
tar.h
test-chmtime.c comments: fix misuses of "nor" 2014-03-31 15:29:27 -07:00
test-ctype.c
test-date.c
test-delta.c
test-dump-cache-tree.c
test-genrandom.c
test-index-version.c
test-line-buffer.c replace {pre,suf}fixcmp() with {starts,ends}_with() 2013-12-05 14:13:21 -08:00
test-match-trees.c
test-mergesort.c
test-mktemp.c
test-parse-options.c
test-path-utils.c path-utils test: rename mingw_path function to print_path 2013-10-14 07:32:53 -07:00
test-prio-queue.c
test-read-cache.c
test-regex.c
test-revision-walking.c
test-run-command.c
test-scrap-cache-tree.c
test-sha1.c
test-sha1.sh
test-sigchain.c
test-string-list.c replace {pre,suf}fixcmp() with {starts,ends}_with() 2013-12-05 14:13:21 -08:00
test-subprocess.c
test-svn-fe.c
test-urlmatch-normalization.c
test-wildmatch.c
thread-utils.c
thread-utils.h
trace.c shallow.c: the 8 steps to select new commits for .git/shallow 2013-12-10 16:14:16 -08:00
transport-helper.c Merge branch 'ef/mingw-write' 2014-01-27 10:44:59 -08:00
transport.c Merge branch 'nd/shallow-clone' 2014-01-17 12:21:20 -08:00
transport.h fetch: add --update-shallow to accept refs that update .git/shallow 2013-12-10 16:14:17 -08:00
tree-diff.c pathspec: stop --*-pathspecs impact on internal parse_pathspec() uses 2013-10-28 09:57:36 -07:00
tree-walk.c Merge branch 'as/tree-walk-fix-aggressive-short-cut' into maint 2014-02-13 13:37:53 -08:00
tree-walk.h
tree.c Merge branch 'jk/free-tree-buffer' 2013-09-17 11:37:33 -07:00
tree.h Merge branch 'jk/free-tree-buffer' 2013-09-17 11:37:33 -07:00
unimplemented.sh
unix-socket.c
unix-socket.h
unpack-trees.c Merge branch 'jk/two-way-merge-corner-case-fix' into maint 2013-12-17 11:32:17 -08:00
unpack-trees.h
upload-pack.c shallow: automatically clean up shallow tempfiles 2014-02-27 12:07:13 -08:00
url.c
url.h
urlmatch.c urlmatch.c: recompute pointer after append_normalized_escapes 2013-09-12 15:27:01 -07:00
urlmatch.h
usage.c
userdiff.c userdiff: update Ada patterns 2014-02-05 10:45:51 -08:00
userdiff.h
utf8.c utf8.c: partially update to version 6.3 2014-04-09 10:14:05 -07:00
utf8.h
varint.c
varint.h
version.c
version.h
walker.c
walker.h
wildmatch.c
wildmatch.h
wrap-for-bin.sh
wrapper.c typofixes: fix misspelt comments 2013-11-12 09:24:27 -08:00
write_or_die.c
ws.c
wt-status.c Merge branch 'mm/status-porcelain-format-i18n-fix' into maint 2014-04-08 12:07:06 -07:00
wt-status.h status: disable translation when --porcelain is used 2014-03-26 12:56:30 -07:00
xdiff-interface.c
xdiff-interface.h
zlib.c

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("man gitcvs-migration" or "git help cvs-migration" if git is
installed).

Many Git online resources are accessible from http://git-scm.com/
including full documentation and Git related tools.

The user discussion and development of Git take place on the Git
mailing list -- everyone is welcome to post bug reports, feature
requests, comments and patches to git@vger.kernel.org (read
Documentation/SubmittingPatches for instructions on patch submission).
To subscribe to the list, send an email with just "subscribe git" in
the body to majordomo@vger.kernel.org. The mailing list archives are
available at http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/,
http://marc.info/?l=git and other archival sites.

The maintainer frequently sends the "What's cooking" reports that
list the current status of various development topics to the mailing
list.  The discussion following them give a good reference for
project status, development direction and remaining tasks.