From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2012 17:54:33 GMT
Subject: Re: fast-import error: fatal: 'refs/heads/master' - not a valid ref
Message-ID: <20120808175433.GA12772@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <CAHSUVA5y1nZG69JbvC-wbmHhjyBGLx8Z2TM3htEyuCsWj=A+aw@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, Aug 08, 2012 at 11:25:02AM +0400, Andrey Pavlenko wrote:

> 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