error: wrong index file size in /usr/local/src/jffs2_mtd_patches/.git/objects/pack/pack-da39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709.idx

Did this and got a small error that I don't think should be there:

git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git linux-2.6

cd linux-2.6 git gc cd ..

git clone --reference linux-2.6 ssh://git.infradead.org/~/public_git/jffs2_mtd_patches
Initialized empty Git repository in /usr/local/src/jffs2_mtd_patches/.git/
The authenticity of host 'git.infradead.org (18.85.46.34)' can't be established.
RSA key fingerprint is 45:df:f2:54:81:cf:42:05:1d:59:bb:dd:60:b5:0e:81.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes
Warning: Permanently added 'git.infradead.org' (RSA) to the list of known hosts.
remote: Generating pack...
remote: Done counting 0 objects.
Indexing 0 objects...
remote: Total 0 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0)
error: wrong index file size in /usr/local/src/jffs2_mtd_patches/.git/objects/pack/pack-da39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709.idx
Checking 21649 files out...
 100% (21649/21649) done

git --version git version 1.5.2.2

the ~ in above ssh: is jocke