[Python-apps-team] Bug#494889: fetching from static-http://... broken

[Thomas Arendsen Hein]

* Thomas Arendsen Hein <thomas at intevation.de> [20080813 08:55]:
> The automatic tests did not catch this problem, as it only appears
> when the server uses the old repository layout without the store
> directory, compare e.g.
> http://hg.intevation.org/kolab/kuudecode/.hg/ (old layout)
> with http://hg.intevation.org/argh/.hg/ (new layout)
> 
> "hg clone static-http://hg.intevation.org/kolab/kuudecode/" works
> while "hg clone static-http://hg.intevation.org/argh/" yields the
> same error as you reported.
> 
> A quick workaround for you is to clone your repository and move this
> clone back in the old place. Of course old hg clients won't be able
> to clone the new layout via static-http, only the usual network
> protocol stayed compatible.

This problem was introduced by changeset 6605a03cbf87 which fixes
http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/bts/issue965
(hg clone static-http does not work for empty repos)

I'll take a look at how to fix this.

Regards,
Thomas

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