Update:
I went back and changed v0.4 -> v0.4_temp2 and did a Pkg.Init() and
Pkg.add("JSON") using v0.4.5 just to see if it was related to upgrading.
I see the exact same problem. I suspect my Git is corrupted somehow which
is wreaking havoc with Pkg. That is just a guess.
Any ideas?
On Wednesday, June 22, 2016 at 12:37:50 AM UTC+8, Eric Forgy wrote:
>
> I just upgraded to v0.4.6 on Windows, but I think this problem might
> predate the upgrade (I think the upgrade was partially in hopes of
> resolving this).
>
> I don't know if this is a Julia issue or a Git issue, but if I add any
> package, e.g.
>
> julia> Pkg.add("JSON")
>
> The package gets added to my package directory, but no branch is checked
> out so I am on HEAD.
>
> Worse, instead of my remotes being things like:
>
> remotes/origin/master
>
> I see things like
>
> remotes/cached/heads/master
>
> Any idea what's going on? I'm on a critical business trip and my
> development is completely paralyzed until I can resolve this so I really
> sincerely appreciate any help.
>
> In an act of desperation, I moved v0.4 -> v0.4_temp, Pkg.init() and
> reinstalled every single package. I still have exactly the same problem, so
> I am unable to do anything with Julia until I fix this.
>
> Thank you very much and best regards,
> Eric
>
>
>
