Re: Cloning remote HTTP repository: Can only see 'master' branch

From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Jan 29, 2013, 08:23 UTC
Message-ID: <20130129082317.GA6396@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <83605E83-1110-449B-969D-AB43158376EA@atastypixel.com>

On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 04:54:13PM +1100, Michael Tyson wrote:

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> I've a readonly git repository that I'm hosting via HTTP (a bare git
> repository located within the appropriate directory on the server). I
> push to it via my own SSH account (local repository with a remote
> pointing to the ssh:// URL).
> 
> This has all worked fine so far - I push via ssh, and others can clone
> and pull via the HTTP URL.
> 
> I've recently added a branch - "beta" - which pushed just fine, but
> now cloning via the HTTP URL doesn't seem to show the new branch -
> just master:

If you are using the "dumb" http protocol (i.e., the web server knows nothing about git, and just serves the repo files), you need to run "git update-server-info" after each push in order to update the static file that tells the git client about each ref. You can have git do it automatically for you by setting receive.updateServerInfo in the server repo's config.

If the server is yours to control, consider setting up the "smart" http protocol, as it is much more efficient. Details are in "git help http-backend".

-Peff