[rancid] Rancid 3.1.99 Alpha git integration issues.

[heasley]

Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 11:09:00AM +0000, Thomas Greer:
> ?I tried changing the line in rancid-cvs to say matching instead of simple... still many errors, suspect it's not just a simple swap out a keyword fix.

It does work for me; git 1.7.10.4.  make sure that you start with a clean
slate, including ~/.gitconfig.

Thanks Per Carlson.

> ________________________________
> From: Per Carlson <pelle at hemmop.com>
> Sent: 11 March 2015 22:30
> To: heasley
> Cc: Thomas Greer; rancid-discuss at shrubbery.net
> Subject: Re: [rancid] Rancid 3.1.99 Alpha git integration issues.
> 
> Hi.
> 
> On 11 March 2015 at 22:42, heasley <heas at shrubbery.net<mailto:heas at shrubbery.net>> wrote:
> 
> I'm not certain why this error occurs; it occurs with git 1.7, but not git
> 2.3.
> 
> ?The default push mode did change in git 2.0.0 (https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/Documentation/RelNotes/2.0.0.txt#L7-L23). Before 2.0.0 it was "matching" but from 2.0.0 it's "simple". The error occurs when using a git version less than 1.7.11 (when "simple" where introduced, see https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.11.txt#L9-L14).?
> 
> To fix that a compatible mode must be used, like "current" (or "matching"). This can be set by running "git config push.default <mode>" or manually editing the repository git config file (please don't set this globally).
> 
> For more information of the available modes (and what they do), search for "push.default" in http://git-scm.com/docs/git-config.
> 
> --
> Pelle
> 
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