Bug report: Git 1.8 on Ubuntu 13.10 refs not valid

Hi, I'm running:

Ubuntu 13.10 64 bit

and git version git:amd64/saucy 1:1.8.3.2-1 uptodate

my remote repository is on a Chiliprojekt server (a fork of Redmine).

cloning the repo over http results in following error:

sneher@sneher-XPS:~/Dokumente/test$ git clone http://sneher@git.projects.gwdg.de/xrd-csd.git Klone nach 'xrd-csd'... Password for 'http://sneher@git.projects.gwdg.de': fatal: http://sneher@git.projects.gwdg.de/xrd-csd.git/info/refs not valid: is this a git repository?

the content of ../info/refs looks like this

e49ae34096fd6fff3d1e7b8e7b6e78ae29bad913 refs/heads/0.2.2 3d375b2f7eeeb7bc12b24cc8181aa085f471ba10 refs/heads/master f7a69735c1e2cb8363be849afa9e9bfdf2db61c6 refs/heads/new_lab 879ccace941ea6dc83876b1dcfcc099e5c7e5b42 refs/heads/testing 2f9504da3febcdafb9cb92806e7e178144fec0c9 refs/remotes/origin/HEAD 2f9504da3febcdafb9cb92806e7e178144fec0c9 refs/remotes/origin/master f7a69735c1e2cb8363be849afa9e9bfdf2db61c6 refs/remotes/origin/new_lab 58fe57f5a2a0c8e8096c62f8ab8be2077c592e53 refs/remotes/origin/testing 4b64a990dc1534abcccfb7f8c22f0cc5388e9db8 refs/tags/0.1.0 a90ce817ca3bde41ce6c88cf22a9993bd7560f55 refs/tags/0.1.1 9a25635e866979b044b83f914cfd993a7031a9ca refs/tags/0.1.2 5a94e698b1042b34a25c87ced98f5f42d40e2578 refs/tags/0.2.0 7cb00e325c1fb9a4112700744237f873bd5bae16 refs/tags/0.2.1

I use to have the same problem on a different Ubuntu version (12.10). There the problem occurede with the git 1.8 update. I just switcht back to the older version.

Problem is, there is no older version for saucy.

Thanks for your help! and, in case this do to my inability, sorry for bugging you!

Siggi