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Re: error: cannot lock ref 'refs/remotes/origin/*'

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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Jun 17, 2008, 10:41 UTC
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Hi,
On Mon, 16 Jun 2008, Nicolas Bock wrote:
> > $ git gc
> > error: cannot lock ref 'refs/remotes/origin/*'
> > error: failed to run reflog

This is a bogus ref name. Hrm. Can you look with "git show-ref" if you have (by some funny accident) an invalid ref there?

Ciao, Dscho

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