Shameem Ahamed <shameem.ahamed@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I ran in to a warning message while cloning a remote repository. ... > warning: remote HEAD refers to nonexistent ref, unable to checkout. > Contact the repository owner and let them know. The error occurs because their HEAD symbolic reference points to a branch that does not exist. They can fix this by running `git symbolic-ref HEAD refs/heads/$branch` to point at the correct default branch for their repository. > After the cloning i couldn't see any remote files. The .git folder > is created successfully. I think you may be able to do: $ git branch -r $ git reset --hard $branch where $branch is one of the origin/ names printed by branch -r. Because the source repository didn't tell us what default branch name you should use (it has a bad HEAD) I can't suggest what name, you'll have to figure it out on your own, or ask the repository owner. -- Shawn. -- 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