Can someone tell me why this happens? error: * Ignoring funny ref 'refs/heads/' locally It also happens with 1.6.3.1 $ mkdir root $ cd root $ git init Initialized empty Git repository in /tmp/root/.git/ $ :> .gitignore $ git add .gitignore $ git commit -m "initial" Created initial commit 6a7c768: initial 0 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) create mode 100644 .gitignore $ cd .. $ git clone root clone Initialized empty Git repository in /tmp/clone/.git/ $ cd clone $ git fetch origin : error: * Ignoring funny ref 'refs/heads/' locally $ git --version git version 1.6.0.4 $ exit -- To unsubscribe from this list: 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