Inconsistent revision control

David Holmes david.holmes at oracle.com
Mon Jun 26 21:32:24 UTC 2023


On 26/06/2023 10:55 pm, Alan Snyder wrote:
> It would be very unlikely for CCC to fail to correctly clone the directory.
> 
> It would be helpful to know what the build tool is complaining about with that message.

Wasn't apparent any build tool was involved. You stated:

 > After an incremental clone of the directory tree, I get mysterious 
messages like this:

I presume you actually meant "incremental build".

David

>> On Jun 25, 2023, at 10:04 PM, David Holmes <david.holmes at oracle.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 24/06/2023 12:28 pm, Alan Snyder wrote:
>>> I have been trying to use Carbon Copy Cloner to make a copy of an active jdk repo on another macOS machine for the purpose of running tests.
>>> The initial clone is fine.
>>> After an incremental clone of the directory tree, I get mysterious messages like this:
>>> Inconsistent revision control: 17-24-55/ is missing .git directory
>>> What is this about?
>>> Is there an easy way to fix this problem?
>>
>> This isn't really a build issue. I can only suggest that you check that the copy you made actually copied across all hidden directories, e.g. .git, as well.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> David
>>
> 



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