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Re: fast-import error: fatal: 'refs/heads/master' - not a valid ref

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Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Aug 8, 2012, 17:54 UTC
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On Wed, Aug 08, 2012 at 11:25:02AM +0400, Andrey Pavlenko wrote:
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> I'm developing a remote helper which uses the fast-import stream for
> fetching. When I perform cloning git prints error message - "fatal:
> 'refs/heads/master' - not a valid ref", however the clonning completes
> normally. Each my fast-import commit command starts with "commit
> refs/heads/master" header.
> 
> What does this error message mean and how can I fix it?

What version of git are you using? The only command which produces that exact message is "git show-ref", and it is not called by current versions of the cloning process (but it used to be in old versions).

-Peff
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