What's wrong here? (tmp)$ mkdir git (tmp)$ cd git (git)$ rsync -azq rsync://rsync.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/git.git/ .git (git)$ git-fsck-objects --full dangling commit fc024e5e1b92fb11d11aa3c15e9e3f92a888acb6 dangling commit be49def3dd524b241e3f14c657e740f2e4d73d39 dangling commit e659abda29b2b25db2771c3e6086f15bc74b1d06 dangling commit 0f5aaf12d411debc2958dfb029ffcf873d980f15 dangling commit 8eed8a5da8330df6901f254eab4b7056855b919c The version of git on that box is 1.2.6-1 from Debian etch. Dave -- http://www.codemonkey.org.uk - : send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html