Re: git clone over http

> "Josh England" <jjengla@sandia.gov> writes:
> 
> > On Sun, 2007-09-02 at 11:23 +0200, Robin Rosenberg wrote:
> >> git clone (1.5.3) with http is somewhat unreliable. I've noticed if
> >> can actually give
> >> me different versions of a branch each time I run it, eventually yielding
> >> the one I'm expecting.  And now this:
> >
> > I don't see this behavior, but I do see other wierdness cloning via
> > http.  Anytime I clone a repo (any repo) via http from behind the
> > firewall/proxy at work I never get any branches.  'git branch' only ever
> > shows 'master'.  I can't checkout and work on any other branch.  I can
> > work around the problem by cloning on a box that is more open, but was
> > wondering if anyone knows how to fix this.
> 
> Well, what does "git branch -r" say?
> 
> If you see the remote tracking branches out of your branch (aka
> "heads/") namespace, that has been the default for quite some
> time since 1.5.0 days.
> 
> Perhaps "more open" one has ancient git that dumped remote
> tracking branches in your branch namespace, while your "behind
> firewall" one has not so ancient git?