From: Andrey Pavlenko <andrey.a.pavlenko@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2012 08:22:22 GMT
Subject: Re: fast-import error: fatal: 'refs/heads/master' - not a valid ref
Message-ID: <CAHSUVA4muWPh7jYNJNsPP4=_g0z98QQmz6fzraVkKfyDgE_rcw@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20120808175433.GA12772@sigill.intra.peff.net>

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On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 9:54 PM, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 08, 2012 at 11:25:02AM +0400, Andrey Pavlenko wrote:
>
>> I'm developing a remote helper which uses the fast-import stream for
>> fetching. When I perform cloning git prints error message - "fatal:
>> 'refs/heads/master' - not a valid ref", however the clonning completes
>> normally. Each my fast-import commit command starts with "commit
>> refs/heads/master" header.
>>
>> What does this error message mean and how can I fix it?
>
> What version of git are you using? The only command which produces that
> exact message is "git show-ref", and it is not called by current
> versions of the cloning process (but it used to be in old versions).
>
> -Peff