git commit error

[josh...@gmail.com]

Hi!

To set up a git repository referring to
http://gerrit.googlecode.com/svn/documentation/2.0/project-setup.html,
i inputted the following commands in /srv/git/new/ :


$ git add . # include everything below ./ in the first commit:
$ git commit
("Creating a new repository" in
http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/user-manual.html#creating-a-new-repository
)

When my inputting the last command 'git commit', i got some problem.

The error messages follow like this :
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root@suinnpark-desktop:/srv/git/new/project.git# git commit
Warning: unknown mime-type for "/srv/git/new/project.git/.git/
COMMIT_EDITMSG" -- using "application/*"
Error: no "edit" mailcap rules found for type "application/*"
fatal: There was a problem with the editor /usr/bin/edit.
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So i checked /etc/mailcap ...
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...
application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.chart; soffice -calc '%s';
edit=soffice -calc '%s'; test=test -n "$DISPLAY";
description="OpenDocument Chart"; nametemplate=%s.odc
application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet; soffice -calc '%s';
edit=soffice -calc '%s'; test=test -n "$DISPLAY";
description="OpenDocument Spreadsheet"; nametemplate=%s.ods
application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet-template; soffice -calc
'%s'; edit=soffice -calc '%s'; test=test -n "$DISPLAY";
description="OpenDocument Spreadsheet Template"; nametemplate=%s.ots
application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.graphics; soffice -draw '%s';
edit=soffice -draw '%s'; test=test -n "$DISPLAY";
description="OpenDocument Drawing"; nametemplate=%s.odg
....
text/html; /usr/bin/sensible-browser '%s'; description=HTML Text;
nametemplate=%s.html
text/*; more '%s'; needsterminal
application/x-debian-package; /usr/lib/mime/debian-view '%s';
needsterminal; description=Debian GNU/Linux Package; nametemplate=
%s.deb
audio/basic; /usr/lib/mime/playaudio '%s'; description=Basic uLaw
Audio; nametemplate=%s.au
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and also i check "update-alternatives"
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root@suinnpark-desktop:/srv/git# update-alternatives --display editor
editor - status is manual.
link currently points to /usr/bin/emacs22
/usr/bin/vim.tiny - priority 10
slave editor.ru.1.gz: /usr/share/man/ru/man1/vim.1.gz
slave editor.pl.ISO8859-2.1.gz: /usr/share/man/pl.ISO8859-2/man1/vim.
1.gz
slave editor.it.ISO8859-1.1.gz: /usr/share/man/it.ISO8859-1/man1/vim.
1.gz
slave editor.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/vim.1.gz
slave editor.pl.UTF-8.1.gz: /usr/share/man/pl.UTF-8/man1/vim.1.gz
slave editor.it.1.gz: /usr/share/man/it/man1/vim.1.gz
slave editor.fr.UTF-8.1.gz: /usr/share/man/fr.UTF-8/man1/vim.1.gz
slave editor.fr.1.gz: /usr/share/man/fr/man1/vim.1.gz
slave editor.it.UTF-8.1.gz: /usr/share/man/it.UTF-8/man1/vim.1.gz
slave editor.pl.1.gz: /usr/share/man/pl/man1/vim.1.gz
slave editor.fr.ISO8859-1.1.gz: /usr/share/man/fr.ISO8859-1/man1/vim.
1.gz
/bin/ed - priority -100
slave editor.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/ed.1.gz
/bin/nano - priority 40
slave editor.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/nano.1.gz
/usr/bin/vim.basic - priority 30
slave editor.ru.1.gz: /usr/share/man/ru/man1/vim.1.gz
slave editor.pl.ISO8859-2.1.gz: /usr/share/man/pl.ISO8859-2/man1/vim.
1.gz
slave editor.it.ISO8859-1.1.gz: /usr/share/man/it.ISO8859-1/man1/vim.
1.gz
slave editor.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/vim.1.gz
slave editor.pl.UTF-8.1.gz: /usr/share/man/pl.UTF-8/man1/vim.1.gz
slave editor.it.1.gz: /usr/share/man/it/man1/vim.1.gz
slave editor.fr.UTF-8.1.gz: /usr/share/man/fr.UTF-8/man1/vim.1.gz
slave editor.fr.1.gz: /usr/share/man/fr/man1/vim.1.gz
slave editor.it.UTF-8.1.gz: /usr/share/man/it.UTF-8/man1/vim.1.gz
slave editor.pl.1.gz: /usr/share/man/pl/man1/vim.1.gz
slave editor.fr.ISO8859-1.1.gz: /usr/share/man/fr.ISO8859-1/man1/vim.
1.gz
/usr/bin/emacs22 - priority 0
slave editor.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/emacs.1emacs22.gz
Current `best' version is /bin/nano.
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finally i checked this.. also..
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root@suinnpark-desktop:/srv/git# ls -al /etc/alternatives/editor /usr/
bin/editor
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 2009-03-24 23:06 /etc/alternatives/editor -
> /usr/bin/emacs22
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 2009-01-14 14:21 /usr/bin/editor -> /etc/
alternatives/editor
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but i couldn't find any cause ...

Any help??

i really appreciate it in advance : )

[Shawn Pearce]

Maybe set export EDITOR=vi or export EDITOR=emacs before running git
commit? I can't help you with whatever braindamaged Linux
distribution you are running. It sounds like its trying to be
smarter than you are, and failed, horribly, at the task.

Also, you really want a bare git repository under /srv/git if Gerrit
is going to manage it. E.g.:

cd ..
git clone --bare new new.git
rm -rf new

Typically I think people create their repository locally, and use "git
--git-dir=new.git init" to initialize a bare repository in /srv/git,
then they push into the empty repository.