FYI, this command worked fine on Debian Squeeze some few days ago.
git version 1.7.2.5
rosinstall 0.5.16



2011/7/23 Kartik Mohta <kartikmohta@gmail.com>

> Have the same problem on Debian (sid/unstable):
>
> $ rosinstall . "
> http://packages.ros.org/cgi-bin/gen_rosinstall.py?rosdistro=electric&variant=desktop-full&overlay=no
> "
> [..]
> Installing https://kforge.ros.org/geometry/kdlclone
> orocos_kinematics_dynamics-0.2.0 to
> /opt/ros/electric/orocos_kinematics_dynamics
> Cloning into /opt/ros/electric/orocos_kinematics_dynamics...
> remote: Counting objects: 2284, done.
> remote: Compressing objects: 100% (885/885), done.
> remote: Total 2284 (delta 1496), reused 2092 (delta 1363)
> Receiving objects: 100% (2284/2284), 667.50 KiB | 899 KiB/s, done.
> Resolving deltas: 100% (1496/1496), done.
> fatal: Cannot setup tracking information; starting point is not a branch.
> ERROR: Failed to install tree
> '/opt/ros/electric/orocos_kinematics_dynamics'
>  vcs not setup correctly
>
> $ git --version
> git version 1.7.5.4
>
> $ rosinstall --version
> rosinstall 0.5.16
>
> On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 7:02 PM, Tully Foote <tfoote@willowgarage.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi William,
> >
> > This looks like the git syntax on OSX may be slightly different.  I just
> > tested your command on my machine.  The code to look at is vcs/git.py in
> > rosinstall which comes from the vcstools package.  I expect that there
> might
> > need to be a special case added for OSX.  Or there might have been a
> hiccup
> > in you connection like here?
> >
> http://answers.ros.org/question/1645/vcs-not-setup-correctly-while-i-install-ros-using
> >
> > Tully
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 3:28 PM, William Woodall <wjwwood@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> When running rosinstall for Electric on OS X I get this error when it
> gets
> >> to kdlclone:
> >> Installing https://kforge.ros.org/geometry/kdlclone
> >> orocos_kinematics_dynamics-0.2.0 to
> >> /Users/william/devel/ros/electric/orocos_kinematics_dynamics
> >> Cloning into
> >> /Users/william/devel/ros/electric/orocos_kinematics_dynamics...
> >> remote: Counting objects: 2284, done.
> >> remote: Compressing objects: 100% (885/885), done.
> >> remote: Total 2284 (delta 1496), reused 2092 (delta 1363)
> >> Receiving objects: 100% (2284/2284), 667.50 KiB | 381 KiB/s, done.
> >> Resolving deltas: 100% (1496/1496), done.
> >> fatal: Cannot setup tracking information; starting point is not a
> branch.
> >> ERROR: Failed to install tree
> >> '/Users/william/devel/ros/electric/orocos_kinematics_dynamics'
> >>  vcs not setup correctly
> >> I am running this command:
> >> rosinstall ~/devel/ros/electric
> >> "
> http://packages.ros.org/cgi-bin/gen_rosinstall.py?rosdistro=electric&variant=desktop-full&overlay=no
> "
> >> What logs should I look at to try and resolve this?
> >> Thanks,
> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >> William Woodall
> >> Graduate Software Engineering
> >> Auburn University
> >> w@auburn.edu
> >> wjwwood@gmail.com
> >> williamjwoodall.com
> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >>
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> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Tully Foote
> > Systems Engineer
> > Willow Garage, Inc.
> > tfoote@willowgarage.com
> > (650) 475-2827
> >
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>
>
>
> --
> Kartik
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