Problem with updater (git version) about xdm HOT 12 CLOSED

okay it appears you actually need git installed and i assume it must be in the PATH
edit: i was under the impression that the git library i used has its own implementation :/

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I put git in my PATH and now it tells me:

Needupdate: None; current version: e1b1b3daa5711113e596f0779f288f36505b819b; external version: e1b1b3daa5711113e596f0779f288f36505b819b;
Extra info: dirty_git
Running on a dirty git installation! No real check was done.

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okay did you change any files in the source ? ... if you dont now try "git status" in the terminal ...that should tell you what has changed

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I've checked it, data.db-journal is the "untracked file".
Which probably means it should be in .gitignore :)

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data.db-journal

ah okay this should only be there while changes are made to the db and then its deleted but sure it could survive if something goes wrong ...
i will add *db-journal to gitignore and add a config/data folder to the config ... right now it defaults to the root or the user global config folder (implemented on mac only)

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Is this issue still valid?

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i still have the issue of the dirty install

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corrected with a git stash , no problem now. Just waiting your next commit to see if it works

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Got the same error on my Ubuntu VM

INFO| 2013-09-24 20:10:50.665225: Generating CherryPy configuration
INFO| 2013-09-24 20:10:50.680302: Starting the XDM http web server
INFO| 2013-09-24 20:10:50.842718: Removeing temp elements DONE
INFO| 2013-09-24 20:10:51.064463: XDM web server running
INFO| 2013-09-24 20:10:51.066588: launch Browser 0.0.0.0:8085
INFO| 2013-09-24 20:10:55.666030: Checking if Git needs an update

CRITICAL�[49| 2013-09-24 20:10:56.316390:

RAN: '/usr/bin/git symbolic-ref --short --quiet HEAD'

STDOUT:

STDERR:
error: unknown option `short'
usage: git symbolic-ref [options] name [ref]

-q, --quiet           suppress error message for non-symbolic (detached) refs
-m <reason>           reason of the update

ERROR| 2013-09-24 20:10:56.366344: Error in the scheduler thread of core updater. 1 fails so far.
Traceback:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/openelec/XDM/xdm/scheduler.py", line 80, in run
self._action()
File "/home/openelec/XDM/xdm/tasks.py", line 61, in coreUpdateCheck
updateResponse = common.UPDATER.check()
File "/home/openelec/XDM/xdm/updater.py", line 124, in check
self.info = self.updater.need_update()
File "/home/openelec/XDM/xdm/updater.py", line 309, in need_update
branch = self._getBranch()
File "/home/openelec/XDM/xdm/updater.py", line 300, in _getBranch
branch = self.git('symbolic-ref','--short','--quiet','HEAD',_cwd=xdm.APP_PATH,_ok_code=[0,1])
File "/home/openelec/XDM/lib/sh.py", line 726, in call
return RunningCommand(cmd, call_args, stdin, stdout, stderr)
File "/home/openelec/XDM/lib/sh.py", line 291, in init
self.wait()
File "/home/openelec/XDM/lib/sh.py", line 295, in wait
self._handle_exit_code(self.process.wait())
File "/home/openelec/XDM/lib/sh.py", line 309, in _handle_exit_code
self.process.stderr
ErrorReturnCode_129:

RAN: '/usr/bin/git symbolic-ref --short --quiet HEAD'

STDOUT:

STDERR:
error: unknown option `short'
usage: git symbolic-ref [options] name [ref]

-q, --quiet           suppress error message for non-symbolic (detached) refs
-m <reason>           reason of the update



INFO| 2013-09-24 20:11:00.662697: Checking if repo at https://raw.github.com/lad1337/XDM-main-plugin-repo/master/meta.json
INFO| 2013-09-24 20:11:00.729617: Removeing temp elements DONE
INFO| 2013-09-24 20:11:01.430477: 0 Plugins have an update

I just cloned repo and launched it using ./XDM.py

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Looks like the "--short" Option was introduced later... (Later respectively to your git version)
Try to Upgrade your git ... I can't find when it was introduced

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I updated git to 1.8.1.2 but it's a different system and generates this error now

http://pastebin.com/f3uKSsNa

Edit:
Got it fixed using: export LC_ALL=en_US.utf8
Updating Python seems to work also.
Now find out how it works on my Synology NAS.

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solved on my end btw.

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