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Re: error while cloning a remote repository

From
Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Date
Nov 13, 2009, 15:10 UTC
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<20091113151024.GR11919@spearce.org>
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Shameem Ahamed <shameem.ahamed@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I ran in to a warning message while cloning a remote repository.
...
> warning: remote HEAD refers to nonexistent ref, unable to checkout.
>

Contact the repository owner and let them know. The error occurs because their HEAD symbolic reference points to a branch that does not exist. They can fix this by running `git symbolic-ref HEAD refs/heads/$branch` to point at the correct default branch for their repository.

> After the cloning i couldn't see any remote files. The .git folder
> is created successfully.
I think you may be able to do:
  $ git branch -r
  $ git reset --hard $branch

where $branch is one of the origin/ names printed by branch -r. Because the source repository didn't tell us what default branch name you should use (it has a bad HEAD) I can't suggest what name, you'll have to figure it out on your own, or ask the repository owner.

-- 
Shawn.
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