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

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
May 25, 2017, 23:28 UTC
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Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
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> I dunno. I was thinking there might be a quick tweak, but I'm wondering
> if this arcane case is worth the restructuring we'd have to do to
> support it. It only comes up when you've moved the server repo's HEAD to
> an unborn branch _and_ you have other refs (since otherwise we don't
> even send capabilities at all!).

Thanks for digging. You made me to start doubting it is worth doing, too.

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  1. Félix SaparelliMay 22, 2017
  2. Junio C HamanoMay 23, 2017
  3. Philip OakleyMay 23, 2017
  4. Jeff KingMay 24, 2017
  5. Junio C HamanoMay 25, 2017
  6. Junio C HamanoMay 25, 2017
  7. Jeff KingMay 25, 2017
  8. Jeff KingMay 25, 2017
  9. Junio C HamanoMay 25, 2017
  10. Philip OakleyMay 26, 2017
  11. Philip OakleyMay 26, 2017
  12. Junio C HamanoMay 27, 2017
  13. Philip OakleyMay 28, 2017
  14. Junio C HamanoMay 28, 2017
  15. Jeff KingMay 31, 2017
  16. Samuel LijinMay 23, 2017
  17. Jeff KingMay 23, 2017

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