GitPlugin doesn't handle fresh repositories well

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When using GitPlugin with a repository that hasn't been used yet, it just displays an AssertionError without further details.

Do this to reproduce it:

• Create a new git-repository using

git init && git add .

• Point your trac.ini to this repository
  
• Point your webbrowser to your trac
  

What happens?

• This error message is displayed in the web browser:

  Trac detected an internal error:
    AssertionError:
  

• This lines are displayed in your trac logfile:

  2008-11-21 17:48:50,627 Trac[git_fs] INFO: detected GIT version 1.5.6.4
  2008-11-21 17:48:50,635 Trac[PyGIT] DEBUG: PyGIT.Storage instance 29644272 constructed
  2008-11-21 17:48:50,636 Trac[PyGIT] DEBUG: requested PyGIT.Storage instance 29644272 for '/var/repositories/git/timetracker/.git'
  2008-11-21 17:48:50,640 Trac[git_fs] INFO: enabled CachedRepository for '/var/repositories/git/timetracker/.git'
  2008-11-21 17:48:50,666 Trac[PyGIT] DEBUG: triggered rebuild of commit tree db for 29644272
  2008-11-21 17:48:50,706 Trac[PyGIT] DEBUG: rebuilt commit tree db for 29644272 with 0 entries
  2008-11-21 17:48:50,712 Trac[main] ERROR: 
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/lib64/python2.5/site-packages/trac/web/main.py", line 432, in _dispatch_request
      dispatcher.dispatch(req)
    File "/usr/lib64/python2.5/site-packages/trac/web/main.py", line 174, in dispatch
      chosen_handler)
    File "/usr/lib64/python2.5/site-packages/trac/web/main.py", line 295, in _pre_process_request
      chosen_handler = filter_.pre_process_request(req, chosen_handler)
    File "/usr/lib64/python2.5/site-packages/trac/versioncontrol/api.py", line 86, in pre_process_request
      self.get_repository(req.authname).sync()
    File "/usr/lib64/python2.5/site-packages/trac/versioncontrol/cache.py", line 115, in sync
      repos_youngest = self.repos.youngest_rev
    File "/usr/lib64/python2.5/site-packages/trac/versioncontrol/api.py", line 279, in <lambda>
      youngest_rev = property(lambda x: x.get_youngest_rev())
    File "build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/tracext/git/git_fs.py", line 189, in get_youngest_rev
      return self.git.youngest_rev()
    File "build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/tracext/git/PyGIT.py", line 331, in youngest_rev
      return self.rev_cache[0]
    File "build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/tracext/git/PyGIT.py", line 316, in get_rev_cache
      assert all(e is not None for e in self.__rev_cache)
  AssertionError
  

How was this problem resolved?
By doing a

git commit -m "Initial commit"

in the repository

What should happen instead?
The GitPlugin should know how to handle this case and display a message like

Your repository can't be used for now - please do a initial commit first!

What software/version were used?

• apache-2.2.9
  
• mod_python-3.3.1
  
• python-2.5.2
  
• git-1.5.6.4
  
• trac-0.11.2
  
• track-hacks.org gitplugin from Nov. 21th, 2008
  

[anonymous]

It seems I've created this ticket twice. Sorry for this, closing this one now, the valid one is now ticket#4139