error while cloning a remote repository

Hi,

I ran in to a warning message while cloning a remote repository.

The message is 

warning: remote HEAD refers to nonexistent ref, unable to checkout.

After the cloning i couldn't see any remote files. The .git folder is created successfully.

Regards, Shameem

Shameem Ahamed <shameem.ahamed@yahoo.com> wrote:

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Contact the repository owner and let them know. The error occurs because their HEAD symbolic reference points to a branch that does not exist. They can fix this by running `git symbolic-ref HEAD refs/heads/$branch` to point at the correct default branch for their repository.

I think you may be able to do:

  $ git branch -r
  $ git reset --hard $branch

where $branch is one of the origin/ names printed by branch -r. Because the source repository didn't tell us what default branch name you should use (it has a bad HEAD) I can't suggest what name, you'll have to figure it out on your own, or ask the repository owner.