Cloning an empty repository fails.

[lirenn]

Cloning an empty repository creates an error message and also prevents any file tracking from occurring when files in the cloned repository are added locally. The graph also doesn't update.

[Shira-n]

Approve. There are errors for both private and public remote empty repositories.

[theandrewfairweather]

Approve.

[yianni1]

approve

[lirenn]

After dragging myself through the call stacks of about a dozen files (repositories -> component -> repository -> index -> head -> core), I've finally narrowed it down to the incorrect awaiting of the repo head in core.ts - because the head doesn't exist, all subsequent statements depending on the head fail. There was no try/catch statement and the code assumed the head always existed. The solution I've settled on is to create an empty master/head.

[lirenn]

This appears to be much harder than anticipated due to the lack of documentation, probably because very few people have reason to create an empty repository without initializing it.

[Shira-n]

Got the same error if open an empty local repository created by our Create Repository feature. Seems to be related to this issue.

[lirenn]

I've managed to get a bit of code working that creates an origin and commits an empty commit to it to act as HEAD, but I get a 401 when I try to push the commit programmatically. The lack of error information provided is not very useful.

[lirenn]

Current progress is here: https://github.com/lirenn/VisualGit_SE701_2019_2/tree/fix-empty-heads