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 -- blendernetwork.org/dalai-felinto www.dalaifelinto.com 2013/12/25 Brecht Van Lommel <[email protected]>: > 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 <[email protected]> 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 >> -- >> blendernetwork.org/dalai-felinto >> www.dalaifelinto.com >> _______________________________________________ >> Bf-committers mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > _______________________________________________ > Bf-committers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers _______________________________________________ Bf-committers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers
