Re: cloning a tree which has detached branch checked out

From: Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date: Feb 7, 2012, 12:57 UTC
Message-ID: <CACsJy8DtmQLX+Lfng-QRzVg9sfo8gQMXB-xTtPYpt+R2gModTg@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20120207104100.GA24828@redhat.com>

On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 5:41 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> wrote:

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>> > #git clone -n lab:/home/mst/scm/linux
>> > ....
>> > error: Trying to write ref HEAD with nonexistant object
>> > cec64082f689f949a397cb9b39423dc41545fa0e
>> > fatal: Cannot update the ref 'HEAD'.
>> >
>> > Looks like a bug, doesn't it?
>>
>> Which git version?  IIRC there was some bugfix recently in that
>> area...
>
> Sorry, forgot to mention that. It's pretty recent:
> $ git --version
> git version 1.7.9.111.gf3fb0

The series that Jakub mentioned is probably nd/clone-detached 5ce2b97, which is already included in your tree. Does 1.7.9 work?

I tried but it was ok for me. I think ref processing at local probably goes wrong and does not request commit from HEAD. If the repo is not confidential, you can zip it and send me.

-- 
Duy