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Re: strange behaviour, default branch on clone not as expected

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Oct 3, 2011, 17:35 UTC
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Chris Friesen <chris.friesen@genband.com> writes:
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> I have a bare repository on a server with (among others) branches
> "atca6900-ecgl" and "ncgl".  The "HEAD" file in the bare repository
> contains "ref: refs/heads/ncgl" and "git branch" in the bare
> repository shows an asterisk beside "ncgl".
>
> However, if I clone the bare repository I get "atca-6900-ecgl" as the
> default branch.  ".git/HEAD" contains "ref: refs/heads/atca6900-ecgl".

If ncgl is at the same commit as the acta one, this is expected. The protocol does not carry enough information to tell which branch HEAD points at.

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  1. Chris FriesenOct 3, 2011
  2. Junio C HamanoOct 3, 2011

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