Cope when cloning suite which doesn't receive uploads, like testing.

[dgit.git] / dgit

diff --git a/dgit b/dgit
index e4eba536122933c2d6528d8803d2c1d6b46a1cc6..2a2eeddb2705cfcc2593cd68c7dc6c5942ba9c64 100755 (executable)
--- a/dgit
+++ b/dgit
@@ -2571,11 +2571,8 @@ sub fetch_from_archive () {
     };
 
     if (defined $dsc_hash) {
-       fail "missing remote git history even though dsc has hash -".
-           " could not find ref ".rref()." at ".access_giturl()
-           unless $lastpush_hash;
        ensure_we_have_orig();
-       if ($dsc_hash eq $lastpush_hash) {
+       if (!$lastpush_hash || $dsc_hash eq $lastpush_hash) {
            @mergeinputs = $dsc_mergeinput
        } elsif (is_fast_fwd($dsc_hash,$lastpush_hash)) {
            print STDERR <<END or die $!;
@@ -2742,7 +2739,8 @@ END
        die "$lasth $hash $what ?" unless is_fast_fwd($lasth, $hash);
     };
 
-    $chkff->($lastpush_hash, 'dgit repo server tip (last push)');
+    $chkff->($lastpush_hash, 'dgit repo server tip (last push)')
+       if $lastpush_hash;
     $chkff->($lastfetch_hash, 'local tracking tip (last fetch)');
 
     runcmd @git, qw(update-ref -m), "dgit fetch $csuite",