From: Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:57:08 GMT Subject: Re: cloning a tree which has detached branch checked out Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20120207104100.GA24828@redhat.com> On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 5:41 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: >> > #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