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From: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
To: Nikita Bobko <nikitabobko@gmail.com>
Cc: Git Mailing List <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: git read-tree doesn't accept tree-ish
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2021 10:38:09 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CABPp-BE7JMdWi5DzHkkkZiM-7u1pW3uhwh1W69yEOxaGuAmUbw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAMJzOtxMjEuAy2B3oJqOZEnipmC4OBWxhQLx_baXDHcQ1C7-+g@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, Aug 23, 2021 at 10:32 AM Nikita Bobko <nikitabobko@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> ```
> git init
> echo foo > foo
> git add --all
> git commit -m 'foo'
>
> echo bar > foo
> git add --all
> git commit -m 'bar'
>
> git read-tree HEAD~:foo
> ```
> EXP: Read information about file `foo` into index
> ACT: `fatal: failed to unpack tree object HEAD~:foo`
>
> I expect it to work because manpage says that `git-read-tree` accepts
> `<tree-ish>`

HEAD~:foo is not a tree in your example, it's a blob.  Try running
this: `git cat-file -t HEAD~:foo`, to see the type.

  reply	other threads:[~2021-08-23 17:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-08-23 17:31 git read-tree doesn't accept tree-ish Nikita Bobko
2021-08-23 17:38 ` Elijah Newren [this message]
2021-08-23 18:53 ` Jeff King
2021-08-23 19:10   ` Nikita Bobko
2021-08-23 19:23     ` Elijah Newren
2021-08-23 19:27     ` Junio C Hamano
2021-08-23 19:38       ` Nikita Bobko

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