GNU bug report logs - #21166
24.4; vc-mode and git error on newly added file to new repository

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Ed Avis <eda <at> waniasset.com>

Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2015 14:44:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: confirmed

Found in versions 24.5, 24.4

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #26 received at 21166 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Ed Avis <eda <at> waniasset.com>
Cc: "21166 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <21166 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>,
 'Dmitry Gutov' <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
Subject: Re: bug#21166: 24.4; vc-mode and git error on newly added file to
 new repository
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2020 11:04:07 +0200

Ed Avis <eda <at> waniasset.com> writes:

> How about this: check for the error message, and if found then just
> print 'empty tree, so no diff to print'.
> That would be good enough.  No need for an extra process call either
> before or after.

This was five years ago.  I tried this in Emacs 28, and the problem is
still present.

As Dmitry says, this is a quite unusual situation, so perhaps the
current error message

fatal: bad revision 'HEAD'

is fine?  It's slightly confusing...  but not very.

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