# git cloning fails 5 messages from 2008-04-08 to 2008-04-08. Participants: Abraham Arce, Jeff King, Junio C Hamano. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/13017 ## Abraham Arce, 2008-04-08 13:00 Subject: git cloning fails Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/cb8016980804080600se489c8bv5b79186be284163f%40mail.gmail.com ``` Hello, While cloning git repository git clone http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git I've received the following message: got 33682a5e98adfd8ba4ce0e21363c443bd273eb77 error: Couldn't get http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git/refs/tags/gitgui-0.6.0 for tags/gitgui-0.6.0 The requested URL returned error: 404 error: Could not interpret tags/gitgui-0.6.0 as something to pull Any idea? Best Regards Abraham ``` ## Jeff King, 2008-04-08 13:13 Subject: Re: git cloning fails Message-ID: <20080408131347.GB22623@sigill.intra.peff.net> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20080408131347.GB22623%40sigill.intra.peff.net In-Reply-To: ``` On Tue, Apr 08, 2008 at 08:00:20AM -0500, Abraham Arce wrote: > While cloning git repository > > git clone http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git > > I've received the following message: > > got 33682a5e98adfd8ba4ce0e21363c443bd273eb77 > error: Couldn't get > http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git/refs/tags/gitgui-0.6.0 for > tags/gitgui-0.6.0 > The requested URL returned error: 404 > error: Could not interpret tags/gitgui-0.6.0 as something to pull This works just fine for me. Which git version are you using? Does the problem still exist if you try again? If that URL did in fact return a 404, it sounds more like a kernel.org problem. -Peff ``` ## Junio C Hamano, 2008-04-08 18:51 Subject: Re: git cloning fails Message-ID: <7vbq4kmb8m.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/7vbq4kmb8m.fsf%40gitster.siamese.dyndns.org In-Reply-To: <20080408131347.GB22623@sigill.intra.peff.net> ``` Jeff King writes: > On Tue, Apr 08, 2008 at 08:00:20AM -0500, Abraham Arce wrote: > >> While cloning git repository >> >> git clone http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git >> >> I've received the following message: >> >> got 33682a5e98adfd8ba4ce0e21363c443bd273eb77 >> error: Couldn't get >> http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git/refs/tags/gitgui-0.6.0 for >> tags/gitgui-0.6.0 >> The requested URL returned error: 404 >> error: Could not interpret tags/gitgui-0.6.0 as something to pull > > This works just fine for me. Which git version are you using? Does the > problem still exist if you try again? If that URL did in fact return a > 404, it sounds more like a kernel.org problem. Mirroring lag among www servers, methinks. ``` ## Abraham Arce, 2008-04-08 19:40 Subject: Re: git cloning fails Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/cb8016980804081240l4c7f42eeyd51a4a33248dabd2%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: <20080408131347.GB22623@sigill.intra.peff.net> ``` On 4/8/08, Jeff King wrote: > On Tue, Apr 08, 2008 at 08:00:20AM -0500, Abraham Arce wrote: > > > While cloning git repository > > > > git clone http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git > > > > I've received the following message: > > > > got 33682a5e98adfd8ba4ce0e21363c443bd273eb77 > > error: Couldn't get > > http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git/refs/tags/gitgui-0.6.0 for > > tags/gitgui-0.6.0 > > The requested URL returned error: 404 > > error: Could not interpret tags/gitgui-0.6.0 as something to pull > > This works just fine for me. Which git version are you using? Does the > problem still exist if you try again? If that URL did in fact return a > 404, it sounds more like a kernel.org problem. Thanks! I've tried 3 times, the git version I am using is 1.5.0.6. > > -Peff > ``` ## Jeff King, 2008-04-08 20:15 Subject: Re: git cloning fails Message-ID: <20080408201518.GA2584@sigill.intra.peff.net> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20080408201518.GA2584%40sigill.intra.peff.net In-Reply-To: ``` On Tue, Apr 08, 2008 at 02:40:14PM -0500, Abraham Arce wrote: > > > error: Couldn't get > > > http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git/refs/tags/gitgui-0.6.0 for > > > tags/gitgui-0.6.0 > > > The requested URL returned error: 404 > > > error: Could not interpret tags/gitgui-0.6.0 as something to pull > [...] > I've tried 3 times, the git version I am using is 1.5.0.6. Ah, I was able to reproduce with that version. It looks like 1.5.0.6 doesn't properly fetch packed refs over http. IIRC, it _should_ work with that version (RelNotes-1.5.0 mentions packed refs), but there may be a bug. That version is over a year old now, and any bug has long since been fixed; can you upgrade to a more modern git? -Peff ```