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Re: remote does not support deleting refs

From
Dmitry Potapov <dpotapov@gmail.com>
Date
Jul 6, 2008, 13:29 UTC
Message-ID
<37fcd2780807060629gbbbb2eai5ecfde6afe8c18b0@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 1:22 AM, Martin <html-kurs@gmx.de> wrote:
>
> To ssh://myserver.com/my/path/to/repository
>  ! [rejected]        testbranch (remote does not support deleting refs)

What version of Git do you use on the server? I think Git before v1.5 does not support deleting remote refs. You have to upgrade Git on your server.

Dmitry
Previous: Junio C Hamano
Message 6 of 6 in “remote does not support deleting refs”
  1. MartinJul 5, 2008
  2. error: unlink(.git/refs/remotes/origin/testbranch) failed: was remote does not support deleting refsMartin, Jul 6, 2008
  3. Dmitry PotapovJul 6, 2008
  4. Jeff KingJul 8, 2008
  5. Junio C HamanoJul 8, 2008
  6. Dmitry PotapovJul 6, 2008

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