From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2015 02:54:00 GMT
Subject: Re: [Discuss] soften warning message after cloning "void"
Message-ID: <CAPc5daVoHCxg8-xEVxJK-G0HKKHApbwCzTd0q6jab5jfyHcarQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 4:43 PM, Shawn Pearce <spearce@spearce.org> wrote:
>
> This fails from a JGit server because the ref advertisement for an
> empty repository differs and disagrees with the format used by
> git-core. The result is a confused client spewing an odd checkout
> message.

That is exactly why the rephrasing was brought up, wasn't it?

As the Subject: line says, this thread is for people who want to
help those users with un-odd message, so discuss away
and come up with a final applicable patch ;-).