* bug#53044: (wishlist) time-machine and ambiguous prefix SHA-1
@ 2022-01-06 9:27 zimoun
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From: zimoun @ 2022-01-06 9:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 53044
Hi,
Now the repo is becoming large, the short prefix using 6 character can
be refer to 2 Git objects. For instance,
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$ git show 7022eb6
error: short object ID 7022eb6 is ambiguous
hint: The candidates are:
hint: 7022eb6ea0 commit 2021-12-07 - gnu: Add notcurses.
hint: 7022eb6c9a blob
[..]
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
The issue is the error report by “guix time-machine” (or guix pull), for
instance,
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$ guix time-machine --commit=7022eb6 -- help
guix time-machine: error: Git error: ambiguous SHA1 prefix - found multiple pack entries
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It could be nice that, when short prefix is ambiguous:
1) try the commit object candidate if only one
2) show a hint for the possible candidates
Cheers,
simon
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