Fix a seriously bad interaction between .git caching and repo cloning

[stgit] / stgit / commands / clone.py

diff --git a/stgit/commands/clone.py b/stgit/commands/clone.py
index 17a7d36..455dd6e 100644 (file)
--- a/stgit/commands/clone.py
+++ b/stgit/commands/clone.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ from stgit.utils import *
 from stgit import stack, git
 
 
-help = 'pull the changes from the remote repository'
+help = 'clone a remote repository into local storage'
 usage = """%prog [options] <repository> <dir>
 
 Clone a GIT <repository> into the local <dir> and initialise the
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ def func(parser, options, args):
     os.chdir(local_dir)
     git.checkout(tree_id = 'HEAD')
 
-    crt_series.init()
+    # be sure to forget any cached value for .git, since we're going
+    # to work on a brand new repository
+    basedir.clear_cache()
+    stack.Series().init()
 
     print 'done'