Hi, Dun Peal wrote: > $ python -c "import os; os.popen('git clone git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx:repos/repo.git')" > [...] > $ cat repo/.git/config > [branch "master"] > remote = origin > merge = refs/heads/master It looks like you've probably figured it out already, but for completeness: Most likely the clone is terminating when Python exits, perhaps due to SIGPIPE. It doesn't look like a bug to me; I suspect you meant to use os.system(), which is synchronous, instead. You might be able to get a better sense of what happened with GIT_TRACE=1 or strace. Hope that helps, Jonathan -- 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