{"thread":{"id":"13136","subject":"Is there really a need for packed-refs to exist for rsync://?","startedAt":"2008-04-16T09:42:22Z","lastAt":"2008-04-16T09:42:22Z","messageCount":1,"participants":["Ralf Baechle"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"74537","messageId":"20080416094222.GA23987@linux-mips.org","threadId":"13136","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"Is there really a need for packed-refs to exist for rsync://?","fromName":"Ralf Baechle","fromEmail":"ralf@linux-mips.org","sentAt":"2008-04-16T09:42:22Z","receivedAt":"2008-04-16T09:42:22Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"ralf@linux-mips.org","avatar":null},"body":"Trying to clone a repository using its rsync:// URL I'm getting this\nerror message:\n\n[...]\nsent 150 bytes  received 363603747 bytes  80800866.00 bytes/sec\ntotal size is 363559095  speedup is 1.00\nrsync: link_stat \"/scm/upstream-linus.git/packed-refs\" (in pub) failed: No such file or directory (2)\nrsync error: some files could not be transferred (code 23) at main.c(1385) [receiver=2.6.9]\nfatal: Could not run rsync to get refs\n$\n\nThe same repository can be cloned with no problem using its git:// and\nhttp:// URLs so I guess the rsync:// method is broken here.  This is\nusing git 1.5.4.1.\n\nCheers,\n\n  Ralf\n"}]}