# fast-import error: fatal: 'refs/heads/master' - not a valid ref 4 messages from 2012-08-08 to 2012-08-09. Participants: Andrey Pavlenko, Jeff King. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/31206 ## Andrey Pavlenko, 2012-08-08 07:25 Subject: fast-import error: fatal: 'refs/heads/master' - not a valid ref Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAHSUVA5y1nZG69JbvC-wbmHhjyBGLx8Z2TM3htEyuCsWj%3DA%2Baw%40mail.gmail.com ``` Hi all, I'm developing a remote helper which uses the fast-import stream for fetching. When I perform cloning git prints error message - "fatal: 'refs/heads/master' - not a valid ref", however the clonning completes normally. Each my fast-import commit command starts with "commit refs/heads/master" header. What does this error message mean and how can I fix it? ``` ## Jeff King, 2012-08-08 17:54 Subject: Re: fast-import error: fatal: 'refs/heads/master' - not a valid ref Message-ID: <20120808175433.GA12772@sigill.intra.peff.net> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20120808175433.GA12772%40sigill.intra.peff.net In-Reply-To: ``` On Wed, Aug 08, 2012 at 11:25:02AM +0400, Andrey Pavlenko wrote: > I'm developing a remote helper which uses the fast-import stream for > fetching. When I perform cloning git prints error message - "fatal: > 'refs/heads/master' - not a valid ref", however the clonning completes > normally. Each my fast-import commit command starts with "commit > refs/heads/master" header. > > What does this error message mean and how can I fix it? What version of git are you using? The only command which produces that exact message is "git show-ref", and it is not called by current versions of the cloning process (but it used to be in old versions). -Peff ``` ## Andrey Pavlenko, 2012-08-09 08:22 Subject: Re: fast-import error: fatal: 'refs/heads/master' - not a valid ref Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAHSUVA4muWPh7jYNJNsPP4%3D_g0z98QQmz6fzraVkKfyDgE_rcw%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: <20120808175433.GA12772@sigill.intra.peff.net> ``` git --version git version 1.7.11.3 On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 9:54 PM, Jeff King wrote: > On Wed, Aug 08, 2012 at 11:25:02AM +0400, Andrey Pavlenko wrote: > >> I'm developing a remote helper which uses the fast-import stream for >> fetching. When I perform cloning git prints error message - "fatal: >> 'refs/heads/master' - not a valid ref", however the clonning completes >> normally. Each my fast-import commit command starts with "commit >> refs/heads/master" header. >> >> What does this error message mean and how can I fix it? > > What version of git are you using? The only command which produces that > exact message is "git show-ref", and it is not called by current > versions of the cloning process (but it used to be in old versions). > > -Peff ``` ## Andrey Pavlenko, 2012-08-09 08:42 Subject: Re: fast-import error: fatal: 'refs/heads/master' - not a valid ref Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAHSUVA5hUODLyqL%3DnqzSuJxBMrWNZeJmLp2%2BHwJKVN7DU8HPQg%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: ``` My helper really executes git show-ref before writting the export stream... Thank you for pointing that out and sorry for disturbing. On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 12:22 PM, Andrey Pavlenko wrote: > git --version > git version 1.7.11.3 > > On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 9:54 PM, Jeff King wrote: >> On Wed, Aug 08, 2012 at 11:25:02AM +0400, Andrey Pavlenko wrote: >> >>> I'm developing a remote helper which uses the fast-import stream for >>> fetching. When I perform cloning git prints error message - "fatal: >>> 'refs/heads/master' - not a valid ref", however the clonning completes >>> normally. Each my fast-import commit command starts with "commit >>> refs/heads/master" header. >>> >>> What does this error message mean and how can I fix it? >> >> What version of git are you using? The only command which produces that >> exact message is "git show-ref", and it is not called by current >> versions of the cloning process (but it used to be in old versions). >> >> -Peff ```