fix some bugs

[git-mirror.git] / git_mirror.py

diff --git a/git_mirror.py b/git_mirror.py
index b4b49649093c9f9da03f0b490ac33d9282648256..859b3768cad7db5e3d16231efa96a1ed906a4909 100644 (file)
--- a/git_mirror.py
+++ b/git_mirror.py
@@ -154,7 +154,8 @@ class Repo:
             if len(local_state):
                 raise Exception("Something went wrong getting the local state of {}.".format(ref))
             local_sha = git_nullsha
-        assert local_sha in (oldsha, newsha), "Someone lied about the old SHA."
+        # some sanity checking, but deal gracefully with new branches appearing
+        assert local_sha in (git_nullsha, oldsha, newsha), "Someone lied about the old SHA: Local ({}) is neither old ({}) nor new ({})".format(local_sha, oldsha, newsha)
         # if we are already at newsha locally, we also ran the local hooks, so we do not have to do anything
         if local_sha == newsha:
             return "Local repository is already up-to-date."