# Oddities cloning over http 3 messages from 2007-04-10 to 2007-04-10. Participants: Martin Langhoff, Medve Emilian-EMMEDVE1. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/7595 ## Martin Langhoff, 2007-04-10 12:40 Subject: Oddities cloning over http Message-ID: <46a038f90704100540y33c64a9au762fd927fb906f3d@mail.gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/46a038f90704100540y33c64a9au762fd927fb906f3d%40mail.gmail.com ``` Cloning over http this repo, using git v1.5.0.5 and v1.5.1.106.ga32037 http://git.catalyst.net.nz/git/moodle-r2.git The clone doesn't complete successfully. - I don't get a checkout - It never creates .git/branches/origin - It never creates .git/refs/heads/master OTOH, it does fetch all the packfiles, and creates all the refs for the remote branches under .git/refs/remotes/origin/ hmmm...? I did run git-update-server-info on the server... martin ``` ## Medve Emilian-EMMEDVE1, 2007-04-10 13:12 Subject: RE: Oddities cloning over http Message-ID: <598D5675D34BE349929AF5EDE9B03E27E536AE@az33exm24.fsl.freescale.net> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/598D5675D34BE349929AF5EDE9B03E27E536AE%40az33exm24.fsl.freescale.net In-Reply-To: <46a038f90704100540y33c64a9au762fd927fb906f3d@mail.gmail.com> ``` Hi Martin, I've seen this behavior when the server repo files don't have the same owner/group as the one you're running the server with. That happened to me after I edited the config files. Cheers, Emil. -----Original Message----- From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org [mailto:git-owner@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Martin Langhoff Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 7:41 AM To: Git Mailing List Subject: Oddities cloning over http Cloning over http this repo, using git v1.5.0.5 and v1.5.1.106.ga32037 http://git.catalyst.net.nz/git/moodle-r2.git The clone doesn't complete successfully. - I don't get a checkout - It never creates .git/branches/origin - It never creates .git/refs/heads/master OTOH, it does fetch all the packfiles, and creates all the refs for the remote branches under .git/refs/remotes/origin/ hmmm...? I did run git-update-server-info on the server... martin ``` ## Martin Langhoff, 2007-04-10 23:28 Subject: Re: Oddities cloning over http Message-ID: <46a038f90704101628o12d966e6je6e5cfd5a5ee576d@mail.gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/46a038f90704101628o12d966e6je6e5cfd5a5ee576d%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: <598D5675D34BE349929AF5EDE9B03E27E536AE@az33exm24.fsl.freescale.net> ``` On 4/11/07, Medve Emilian-EMMEDVE1 wrote: > I've seen this behavior when the server repo files don't have the same > owner/group as the one you're running the server with. That happened to > me after I edited the config files. Ok - at least in my case, this seems to be related to problems fetching HEAD on the server, probably because apache doesn't allow symlinks. What I don't quite follow is where is the best place to check for this. The logic is a bit muddy. cheers, martin ```