Inconsistent revision control

[Joseph D. Darcy]

And anyone is free to use the standard set of tools, which is know to 
work and used daily by dozens to hundreds of developers.

-Joe

On 6/26/2023 3:24 PM, David Holmes wrote:
> 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
>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>