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Re: Problem with Linus's git repository?

From
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date
Jun 26, 2007, 16:43 UTC
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<alpine.LFD.0.98.0706260935440.8675@woody.linux-foundation.org>
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On Tue, 26 Jun 2007, walt wrote:
>
> For two days I've been unable to pull from Linus's kernel
> git repository.  The reason seems to be that HEAD is a
> symlink to refs/heads/master, which appears to be missing.

It's not missing, it's packed. I tend to re-pack after I make a release, and this time I did it after -rc6.

I assume you're using http, and probably not a very recent version.
> I'm wondering if Linus's personal version of git is broken ;o)

http fetching has always been the ugly step-child of the other protocols. I personally dislike it a lot. But it _should_ work even with packed refs, at least if recent enough.

I just tested, it seems to work for me (I didn't wait for the clone to succeed, but it certainly got started).

		Linus
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  4. Linus TorvaldsJun 27, 2007
  5. Junio C HamanoJun 28, 2007
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  7. Johannes SchindelinJun 28, 2007
  8. Linus TorvaldsJun 28, 2007
  9. waltJun 29, 2007
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