Re: Bug when cloning a repository with a default branch called HEAD

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> Don't get me wrong, I neither want that nor intended this result.
> This happened in the test suite of git-spindle which does commands similar to what I showed as reproducer now and I just wondered what is happening.
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> Imho a simple push should not be able to produce an unusable state and I think this was not the case in the past as the tests used to work. But this could also be caused by changes in the used fixture repo.
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> Randall S. Becker <rsbecker@nexbridge.com> schrieb am Mo., 31. Mai 2021, 22:46:
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>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: <Bjoern@kautler.net>
>> On May 31, 2021 4:38 PM, Björn Kautler wrote:
>> >Subject: Re: Bug when cloning a repository with a default branch called HEAD
>> >It happens the same no matter whether on Windows or Linux.
>> >I now also have a reproduction recipe on how to get into that state.
>> >- Create the `whelk` repository with standard settings, nothing for default branch or anything is necessary
>> >- Execute this: git clone https://github.com/seveas/whelk.git
>> >whelk-src && git -C whelk-src remote add gitlab git@gitlab.com:<your
>> >namespace>/whelk.git && git -C whelk-src push gitlab
>> >refs/remotes/origin/*:refs/heads/* && git clone git@gitlab.com:git-spindle-test-vampire-1/whelk.git && git -C whelk fetch
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>> According to GitHub, the default branch for this repo is "main" not "HEAD". AFAIK, HEAD is a reserved ref in git and I don't think this would or should work.
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>> Just saying.
>> Randall
>>