{"thread":{"id":"33473","subject":"error: Trying to write ref refs/heads/master with nonexistant object","startedAt":"2013-04-11T06:02:46Z","lastAt":"2013-04-11T06:02:46Z","messageCount":1,"participants":["Joel Thompson"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"213905","messageId":"6EC627602B7D9F4691EED554E055463602C96B5A@Aquarion.MTGLAU.mtgl.com.au","threadId":"33473","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"error: Trying to write ref refs/heads/master with nonexistant object","fromName":"Joel Thompson","fromEmail":"joel.thompson@macquarietextiles.com.au","sentAt":"2013-04-11T06:02:46Z","receivedAt":"2013-04-11T06:02:46Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"joel.thompson@macquarietextiles.com.au","avatar":null},"body":"Hi,\n\nI can no longer clone my git repository from v1.7 client, i get error: Trying to write ref refs/heads/master with nonexistant object.\n\nIt is a remote repo that im using ssh to connect to, and i have done everything i can find on google from creating a new master branch, cleaning up the repo, removing dangling bits etc. etc.\n\nSo far I have come to the conclusion that while creating a tag on my v1.8 client in windows, something has happened which has stopped the repo from being compatible with v1.7 (as i am still able to clone it with 1.8).\n\nThe full message when trying to clone is:\n\nInitialized empty Git repository in /home/jthompso/Downloads/mtsd/.git/\nremote: Counting objects: 2464, done.\nremote: Compressing objects: 100% (905/905), done.\nremote: Total 2464 (delta 1201), reused 2446 (delta 1186)\nReceiving objects: 100% (2464/2464), 652.66 KiB, done.\nResolving deltas: 100% (1201/1201), done.\nerror: refs/remotes/origin/master does not point to a valid object!\nerror: Trying to write ref refs/heads/master with nonexistant object fdf19005911f07e3246649f906e0d45fa9ff884f\nfatal: Cannot update the ref 'HEAD'.\n\nRegards,\n\nJoel Thompson\nI.T. Support Officer\n\nMacquarie Textile Solutions\n211 East St, Albury NSW 2640\nwww.macquarietextiles.com.au\nT: +61 2 6043 0302 F: +61 2 6041 1321\n"}]}