ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: 'rc0'

[za]

Hello,

I am installing gitup at Debian 7 stable and found this error

za@github:~/$ gitup planpin
gitup: the git-repo-updater

Directory "/home/za/github/planpin" is a git repository:
    planpin:
        Fetching originTraceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/gitup", line 9, in <module>
    load_entry_point('gitup==0.2.2', 'console_scripts', 'gitup')()
  File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/gitup/script.py", line 90, in run
  File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/gitup/script.py", line 82, in main
  File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/gitup/update.py", line 288, in update_directories
  File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/gitup/update.py", line 274, in _update_directory
  File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/gitup/update.py", line 231, in _update_repository
  File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/gitup/update.py", line 90, in _fetch_remotes
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/GitPython-0.3.2.RC1-py2.7.egg/git/remote.py", line 591, in fetch
    kwargs = add_progress(kwargs, self.repo.git, progress)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/GitPython-0.3.2.RC1-py2.7.egg/git/remote.py", line 79, in add_progress
    v = git.version_info
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/GitPython-0.3.2.RC1-py2.7.egg/git/cmd.py", line 250, in version_info
    return self._version_info
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/GitPython-0.3.2.RC1-py2.7.egg/git/cmd.py", line 226, in __getattr__
    return LazyMixin.__getattr__(self, name)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gitdb-0.5.4-py2.7-linux-i686.egg/gitdb/util.py", line 238, in __getattr__
    self._set_cache_(attr)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/GitPython-0.3.2.RC1-py2.7.egg/git/cmd.py", line 233, in _set_cache_
    self._version_info = tuple(int(n) for n in version_numbers.split('.')[:4])
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/GitPython-0.3.2.RC1-py2.7.egg/git/cmd.py", line 233, in <genexpr>
    self._version_info = tuple(int(n) for n in version_numbers.split('.')[:4])
ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: 'rc0'

[earwig]

Hi. This looks like a bug in GitPython involving your version of git.

I found gitpython-developers/GitPython#123, which is the same thing. Seeing as that issue's been open for almost nine months, I wouldn't wait around for a fix. If it's possible to upgrade your git to a release without a RC tag, that would solve the problem.

Otherwise, I'm not sure what help to offer. A workaround for the error in my code would be a very ugly and unreliable monkey patch, so I won't attempt it. Sorry.