bug#41604: guix pull impossible after rebasing a local repository

[zimoun]

Hi John,

On Fri, 29 May 2020 at 18:39, John Soo <jsoo1@asu.edu> wrote:

> Updating channel 'guix' from Git repository at 
> 'file:///home/john/projects/guix/.git'...
> guix pull: error: aborting update of channel 'guix' to commit 
> 1444040933ac35b967720288dc30ed70e5481ed3, which is not a descendant of 
> 57518fc7bf1efc899c0dabaa76685a319661f8e4
> hint: This could indicate that the channel has been tampered with and is 
> trying to
> force a roll-back, preventing you from getting the latest updates.  If you 
> think
> this is not the case, explicitly allow non-forward updates.
>
> After removing $HOME/.cache/guix I get the following error:
> guix pull: error: Git error: object not found - no match for id 
> (57518fc7bf1efc899c0dabaa76685a319661f8e4)

Have you used '--allow-downgrades' before or after the big remove?
And your current 'guix describe' is 57518fc7, right?


All the best,
simon