# [PATCH] git-fetch-pack: really do not ask for funny refs

2 messages from 2006-01-18 to 2006-01-19. Participants: Johannes Schindelin, Junio C Hamano.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/3100

## Johannes Schindelin, 2006-01-18 23:24

Subject: [PATCH] git-fetch-pack: really do not ask for funny refs
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0601190023390.15298@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/Pine.LNX.4.63.0601190023390.15298%40wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de

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If git-fetch-pack was called with out any refspec, it would ask the server
for funny refs. That cannot work, since the funny refs are not marked
as OUR_REF by upload-pack, which just exits with an error.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>

---

 fetch-pack.c |    3 ---
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

718ad2d76a6c7d350d63c0660aeb69518b765310
diff --git a/fetch-pack.c b/fetch-pack.c
index d34f322..27f5d2a 100644
--- a/fetch-pack.c
+++ b/fetch-pack.c
@@ -262,9 +262,6 @@ static void filter_refs(struct ref **ref
 {
 	struct ref *prev, *current, *next;
 
-	if (!nr_match)
-		return;
-
 	for (prev = NULL, current = *refs; current; current = next) {
 		next = current->next;
 		if ((!memcmp(current->name, "refs/", 5) &&
-- 
1.1.3.g0bf8-dirty

```

## Junio C Hamano, 2006-01-19 00:33

Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-fetch-pack: really do not ask for funny refs
Message-ID: <7vy81drr82.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/7vy81drr82.fsf%40assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0601190023390.15298@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>

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Good catch.  Thanks.

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