Inconsistent revision control

[David Holmes]

On 27/06/2023 8:04 am, Alan Snyder wrote:
> An incremental clone is a sync, like an incremental backup.
> 
> Erik responded to a different question. I’ve gotten no closer to figuring out this problem.

Erik responded to exactly your question.

> Feel free to be helpful, if you can.
> 
> I don’t think it is helpful to nitpick my words.

When your words do not make it clear what exactly it is you are 
reporting then they need to be clarified. "clone" is a git operation not 
a build one.

David

> 
> 
>> On Jun 26, 2023, at 2:46 PM, David Holmes <david.holmes at oracle.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 27/06/2023 7:40 am, Alan Snyder wrote:
>>> No, I meant incremental clone.
>>
>> What is an incremental clone?
>>
>>> After updating the directory, I tried to do an incremental build and got the strange message.
>>
>> So you did mean "incremental build".
>>
>>> After that, I tried doing a full build, reconfiguring, etc., but nothing helped.
>>> Now that you know that a build tool is involved, can you help me figure out what the problem is?
>>
>> I think Erik already addressed that.
>>
>> David
>>
>>
>>>> On Jun 26, 2023, at 2:32 PM, David Holmes <david.holmes at oracle.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 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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