Re: [Non-Bug] cloning a repository with a default MASTER branch tries to check out the master branch

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: May 25, 2017, 01:36 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqshjtg1kh.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <20170524141947.2gguzcvyu6lch373@sigill.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

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> Unfortunately, it can't, because the ref doesn't exist:
>
>   $ git ls-remote git://github.com/passcod/UPPERCASE-NPM.git
>   efc7dbfd6ca155d5d19ce67eb98603896062f35a	refs/heads/MASTER
>   e60ea8e6ec45ec45ff44ac8939cb4105b16477da	refs/pull/1/head
>   f35a73dcb151d336dc3d30c9a2c7423ecdb7bd1c	refs/pull/2/head
>   0d9b3a1268ff39350e04a7183af0add912b686e6	refs/tags/V1.0.0
>   efc7dbfd6ca155d5d19ce67eb98603896062f35a	refs/tags/V1.0.1
>
> There is no HEAD line at all, so we have no information about it on the
> client side.  Likewise, if you run with GIT_TRACE_PACKET=1, you'll see
> that the capabilities line does not include a symref marker either.
>
> So if we wanted to improve this, I think the first step would be for the
> server to start sending symref lines for HEAD, even when it does not
> resolve to anything.

Yup, noticed the same and I agree with your conclusion.