thanks Rick - I will dig deeper in the git documentation - maybe reinstall git altogether (though I installed with macports, so I don't know what the problem would be...)
one question: when you say I might have a git repository local for paperclip, what do you mean exactly? Joel On Jul 30, 3:02 pm, Rick <[email protected]> wrote: > Based on what I'm seeing when I run here: > > /test1.8 92 > script/plugin install git://github.com/thoughtbot/paperclip.git > Initialized empty Git repository in /Users/rick/test1.8/vendor/plugins/ > paperclip/.git/ > remote: Counting objects: 67, done. > remote: Compressing objects: 100% (56/56), done. > remote: Total 67 (delta 6), reused 31 (delta 3) > Unpacking objects: 100% (67/67), done. > From git://github.com/thoughtbot/paperclip > * branch HEAD -> FETCH_HEAD > /test1.8 93 > > > My guess is your problem is with git, not rails. Is is possible that > you've got a git repository local for paperclip? > > > here's what happens: > > > > script/plugin install git://github.com/thoughtbot/paperclip.git > > > Initialized empty Git repository in > > > /path/to/project/vendor/plugins/paperclip/.git/ > > > fatal: bad revision 'HEAD' > > > refusing to pull with rebase: your working tree is not up-to-date > > Check the git documentation for "rebase" > > Rick --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---

