# Re: git crash when cg-fetch:ing dash

3 messages from 2006-11-23 to 2006-11-23. Participants: Horst H. von Brand, Sean, René Scharfe.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/43701

## René Scharfe, 2006-11-23 09:34

Subject: Re: git crash when cg-fetch:ing dash
Message-ID: <45656B3C.4090601@lsrfire.ath.cx>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/45656B3C.4090601%40lsrfire.ath.cx
In-Reply-To: <200611230247.kAN2lbLU006457@laptop13.inf.utfsm.cl>

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Horst H. von Brand schrieb:
> I did:
> 
>   git clone http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/dash/dash.git
> 
> and got:
> 
>   error: Unable to start request
>   error: Could not interpret heads/master as something to pull

It works for me with both the version of git that came with Ubuntu 6.10
(1.4.1) and a self-compiled git 1.4.4.g5942. :-?


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## Horst H. von Brand, 2006-11-23 15:54

Subject: Re: git crash when cg-fetch:ing dash
Message-ID: <200611231554.kANFsv9h005228@laptop13.inf.utfsm.cl>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/200611231554.kANFsv9h005228%40laptop13.inf.utfsm.cl
In-Reply-To: <rene.scharfe@lsrfire.ath.cx>

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René Scharfe <rene.scharfe@lsrfire.ath.cx> wrote:
> Horst H. von Brand schrieb:
> > I did:
> >   git clone http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/dash/dash.git
> > and got:
> >   error: Unable to start request
> >   error: Could not interpret heads/master as something to pull
> 
> It works for me with both the version of git that came with Ubuntu 6.10
> (1.4.1) and a self-compiled git 1.4.4.g5942. :-?

Here it's git-1.4.4 (self-built from Junio's SRPM, on Fedora rawhide i686).
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## Sean, 2006-11-23 16:18

Subject: Re: git crash when cg-fetch:ing dash
Message-ID: <BAYC1-PASMTP0184DDB7F3619F6158FB18AEE20@CEZ.ICE>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/BAYC1-PASMTP0184DDB7F3619F6158FB18AEE20%40CEZ.ICE
In-Reply-To: <200611231554.kANFsv9h005228@laptop13.inf.utfsm.cl>

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On Thu, 23 Nov 2006 12:54:57 -0300
"Horst H. von Brand" <vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl> wrote:

> René Scharfe <rene.scharfe@lsrfire.ath.cx> wrote:
> > Horst H. von Brand schrieb:
> > > I did:
> > >   git clone http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/dash/dash.git
> > > and got:
> > >   error: Unable to start request
> > >   error: Could not interpret heads/master as something to pull
> > 
> > It works for me with both the version of git that came with Ubuntu 6.10
> > (1.4.1) and a self-compiled git 1.4.4.g5942. :-?
> 
> Here it's git-1.4.4 (self-built from Junio's SRPM, on Fedora rawhide i686).

Works fine here with 1.4.3.3.g869c.

Horst, this is the second recent example of something not working in your
environment that works for others.  Is it possible you have an old stray
version of git installed in your ~/bin or something?  By the way, did you
ever resolve that other issue?


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