Re: Problems setting up bare repository (git 1.5.3.3)

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Oct 2, 2007, 09:46 UTC
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0710021045430.28395@racer.site>
In-Reply-To: <87bqbisae6.wl%cworth@cworth.org>

Hi,

On Mon, 1 Oct 2007, Carl Worth wrote:

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> On Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:32:58 -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> > "master:master") does not exist there, and we do not create it
> > unless you give a full refname that begins with refs/ (so that
> > push can tell if you want to create a tag or a branch).
> 
> And why is that?

Well, if the OP had used "git push <bla> master" instead of "... master:master", it would have worked. I am unaware of any tutorial that suggests the latter, only of tutorials that suggest the former.

Ciao, Dscho