From: Shawn O. Pearce Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:10:24 GMT Subject: Re: error while cloning a remote repository Message-ID: <20091113151024.GR11919@spearce.org> In-Reply-To: <811075.82054.qm@web94704.mail.in2.yahoo.com> Shameem Ahamed 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.