Question

I successfully download Gitolite file based on link instruction.. When I try to run gitolite/install -ln I get the following error:

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[root@Project1-CO mygit]# gitolite/install -ln
error: unknown option `dirty=-dt'
usage: git describe [options] <committish>*

--contains            find the tag that comes after the commit
--debug               debug search strategy on stderr
--all                 use any ref in .git/refs
--tags                use any tag in .git/refs/tags
--long                always use long format
--abbrev[=<n>]        use <n> digits to display SHA-1s
--exact-match         only output exact matches
--candidates <n>      consider <n> most recent tags (default: 10)
--match <pattern>     only consider tags matching <pattern>
--always              show abbreviated commit object as fallback

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Please help me out, what the actual problem is??? I am using git 1.6.5, Operating system Linux (32 -bit) (fedora – 17).

Answer 1

You need to upgrade your git – it is most likely too old. In more recent git versions git describe supports option –dirty that you are missing.

According to gitolite site, git must be at least version 1.6.6.
I would recommend 1.7.11 or 1.8.