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Re: remote's HEAD not detected correctly

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Feb 28, 2011, 23:10 UTC
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Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
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> It depends on the transport protocol. It actually works over dumb http,
> though I suspect that is not getting used much these days. I also
> implemented a quick-and-dirty patch for local repositories here:
>
>   http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/110049
>
> which would make Jeffrey's test pass, but I have a feeling it was just a
> simple test case and that he actually cares about real remotes.
>
> -Peff
>
> PS I think the "send-HEAD-explicitly" patch series was here:
>
>      http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/102039
>
>    I had some complaints at the time, but re-reading it I don't see
>    anything that would prevent us from revisiting the topic now.
Good digging.
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