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Re: [PATCH 0/3] Unconfuse git clone when two branches at are HEAD.

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Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org>
Date
Sep 6, 2013, 17:29 UTC
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From: "Andreas Krey" <a.krey@gmx.de>
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> Ok, here are some patches that make git actually
> check out the current remote branch when cloning.
>
> Up to now this failed when there were two branches that pointed to
> the HEAD commit of the remote repo, and git clone would sometimes
> choose the wrong one as the HEAD ref isn't transmitted in all
> transport.
>
> Stuff the HEAD ref into the capability list (assuming refs are clean
> enough to do that w/o escaping), and read them out on the other
> side. All other things were thankfully already in place.
>
> Two of the patches have Junio in the From as they are essentially his.
>
> Andreas
> --

Does this have any impact on the alleged bug in `git bundle --all` (which can then be cloned from) where the current HEAD ref wasn't included in the bundle? Or am I mis-remembering?

Philip 
Previous: Andreas KreyNext: Junio C Hamano
Message 22 of 32 in “Unconfuse git clone when two branches at are HEAD.”
  1. 0/3 Unconfuse git clone when two branches at are HEAD.Andreas Krey, Sep 6, 2013
  2. 1/3 upload-pack: send the HEAD informationAndreas Krey, Sep 6, 2013
  3. Junio C HamanoSep 6, 2013
  4. Andreas KreySep 6, 2013
  5. Junio C HamanoSep 6, 2013
  6. Jeff KingSep 8, 2013
  7. Jeff KingSep 8, 2013
  8. Junio C HamanoSep 8, 2013
  9. 0/6 Removing the guesswork of HEAD in "clone"Junio C Hamano, Sep 18, 2013
  10. 1/6 upload-pack.c: do not pass confusing cb_data to mark_our_ref()Junio C Hamano, Sep 18, 2013
  11. 2/6 upload-pack: send symbolic ref information as capabilityJunio C Hamano, Sep 18, 2013
  12. Junio C HamanoSep 18, 2013
  13. 3/6 upload-pack: send non-HEAD symbolic refsJunio C Hamano, Sep 18, 2013
  14. 4/6 connect.c: make parse_feature_value() staticJunio C Hamano, Sep 18, 2013
  15. 5/6 connect: annotate refs with their symref information in get_remote_head()Junio C Hamano, Sep 18, 2013
  16. 6/6 clone: test the new HEAD detection logicJunio C Hamano, Sep 18, 2013
  17. 2/3 connect.c: save symref info from server capabilitiesAndreas Krey, Sep 6, 2013
  18. Junio C HamanoSep 6, 2013
  19. Andreas KreySep 6, 2013
  20. Junio C HamanoSep 6, 2013
  21. 3/3 clone: test the new HEAD detection logicAndreas Krey, Sep 6, 2013
  22. Philip OakleySep 6, 2013
  23. Junio C HamanoSep 6, 2013
  24. Philip OakleySep 6, 2013
  25. Junio C HamanoSep 7, 2013
  26. Philip OakleySep 7, 2013
  27. Junio C HamanoSep 8, 2013
  28. Philip OakleySep 8, 2013
  29. Junio C HamanoSep 9, 2013
  30. Andreas KreySep 9, 2013
  31. Philip OakleySep 9, 2013
  32. Junio C HamanoSep 9, 2013

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