AW: git log on bare repository fails if the default branch is not called master
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> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Ian Molton <git-ian@mnementh.co.uk>
> Gesendet: Freitag, 3. Juni 2022 16:22
> An: git@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: Ian Molton <git-ian@mnementh.co.uk>
> Betreff: BUG: git log on bare repository fails if the default branch is not called
> master
>
> Hi,
>
> Please CC me in replies, I'm not on the list.
>
> I've noticed that git log assumes the default branch is master, even if it doesn't
> exist...
>
> My latest repo has it set to "mainline" and all was well until I pushed it to a bare
> repo on my server.
>
> Expectation:
>
> If I run
>
> git log
>
> in the bare repo, it should log the default (or only!) branch.
>
> Reality:
>
> git log
> # fatal: your current branch 'master' does not have any commits yet
I bet the HEAD file in your bare repository points to refs/heads/master...
Stefan