From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 23:28:09 GMT
Subject: Re: [Non-Bug] cloning a repository with a default MASTER branch tries to check out the master branch
Message-ID: <xmqqy3tkcy9i.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <20170525191115.tqd6zlj5mxqls4wp@sigill.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

> 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.