From: Miklos Vajna Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:55:49 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] Allow cloning an empty repository Message-ID: <20090123165549.GI21473@genesis.frugalware.org> In-Reply-To: On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 04:20:34AM +0100, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > But then, scripts have no business cloning repositories (fetching, yes. > But cloning?) I think portals like repo.or.cz may do it. Isn't setting errno (or similar variable) in the HTTP code an option? Then we could see why the transport failed and make a difference between "network error" and "no refs found".