From: stefan.naewe@atlas-elektronik.com
Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2022 14:40:22 GMT
Subject: AW: git log on bare repository fails if the default branch is not called master
Message-ID: <48bcd99afbca4c73b938c3ed4e104c64@atlas-elektronik.com>
In-Reply-To: <a1830e79-9503-3fd9-8c50-a2856206e219@mnementh.co.uk>



> -----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