[Bf-committers] error on updating submodules

[Dalai Felinto]

Thanks Brecht,
The workaround didnt fix it, but a fresh git clone did.

I was away for the xmas break so I was lacking reliable internet there.
All good now - home, sweet, home

Dalai
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2013/12/25 Brecht Van Lommel <brechtvanlommel at pandora.be>:
> I'm not sure what is going on here, I just tried the commands and they
> worked find to get a checkout with submodules.
>
> git clone git://git.blender.org/blender.git
> cd blender
> git submodule update --init --recursive
> git submodule foreach git checkout master
> git submodule foreach git pull --rebase origin master
>
> Googling for your error message, it appears this problem can sometimes
> be solved by removing the submodule directory and updating, though
> it's not clear why. So you could try:
>
> rm -rf scons
> git submodule update
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 24, 2013 at 12:57 PM, Dalai Felinto <dfelinto at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm setting up a new computer and after getting the git repository I'm
>> failing to update the submodules:
>>
>> $ git submodule update --init --recursive
>>
>> Submodule 'release/datafiles/locale' () registered for path
>> 'release/datafiles/locale'
>> Submodule 'release/scripts/addons' () registered for path
>> 'release/scripts/addons'
>> Submodule 'release/scripts/addons_contrib' () registered for path
>> 'release/scripts/addons_contrib'
>> Submodule 'scons' () registered for path 'scons'
>> fatal: Needed a single revision
>> Unable to find current revision in submodule path 'release/datafiles/locale'
>>
>> I left the repository cloning happening over night, so I suspect
>> something may have gone wrong in the end. git fetch upstream (which is
>> BF) works fine too.
>>
>> I even tried to re-setup the submodules but it didn't make any difference:
>>
>> $ git config submodule.scons.url git://git.blender.org/scons.git
>> $ git config submodule.release/scripts/addons_contrib.url
>> git://git.blender.org/blender-addons-contrib.git
>> $ git config submodule.release/scripts/addons.url
>> git://git.blender.org/blender-addons.git
>> $ git config submodule.release/datafiles/locale.url
>> git://git.blender.org/blender-translations.git
>> $ git submodule update --init --recursive
>>
>> (same error as above, after the update command)
>>
>> I'm on a Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, git 1.7.9.5
>>
>> Any help is appreciated. Thanks,
>> Dalai
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