From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2011 00:47:06 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] clone: always fetch remote HEAD
Message-ID: <7vei37bxbp.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <20110603181052.GA17538@sigill.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

> I did some more digging. I don't think the problem is with HEAD at all,
> but rather with asking for more than one ref at all.
> ...
> Does that make sense? If so, then I think the right fix is for testgit
> ti ignore all imports after the first one (since the first one will have
> done all available refs). And the patch is:

After reading Sverre's answer, I think this makes sense as a short-term
workaround.  Shall we squah it in to 3/3?