Hi Michael, and thanks a lot for your time on Git. I have a problem with latest Git tree: git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git /tmp/3.1 --reference /home/gelma/dev/kernel/linus/ Cloning into /tmp/3.1... fatal: Reference has invalid format: 'refs/tags/3.1.1.1^{}' fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly It works with Ubuntu Git version 1.7.4.1, of course. Well, bisecting I've got this: dce4bab6567de7c458b334e029e3dedcab5f2648 is the first bad commit commit dce4bab6567de7c458b334e029e3dedcab5f2648 Author: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu Sep 15 23:10:43 2011 +0200 add_ref(): verify that the refname is formatted correctly In add_ref(), verify that the refname is formatted correctly before adding it to the ref_list. Here we have to allow refname components that start with ".", since (for example) the remote protocol uses synthetic reference name ".have". So add a new REFNAME_DOT_COMPONENT flag that can be passed to check_refname_format() to allow leading dots. Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> :100644 100644 096b42c5e993193dd83a02128be4b90ebc59edd1 832a52f7818369bca969d49317718714a5bcabac M refs.c :100644 100644 b0da5fc95dff025a8dd5c1f299ee25efc6141e81 d5ac133336dc0da45cd916207d12a5e0e4237ae3 M refs.h bisect run success git bisect log git bisect start # bad: [85bb77ed056057b727ba8dc7965fbfcde987d189] Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git git bisect bad 85bb77ed056057b727ba8dc7965fbfcde987d189 # good: [9971d6d52c5afeb8ba60ae6ddcffb34af23eeadd] Git 1.7.4.1 git bisect good 9971d6d52c5afeb8ba60ae6ddcffb34af23eeadd # good: [456a4c08b8d8ddefda939014c15877ace3e3f499] Merge branch 'jk/diff-not-so-quick' git bisect good 456a4c08b8d8ddefda939014c15877ace3e3f499 # good: [18dce8d4226c56b10d2b783b476008117d60a23e] Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git git bisect good 18dce8d4226c56b10d2b783b476008117d60a23e # good: [821b315ebebd5371abd9124478261064b36a6592] Merge branch 'da/make-auto-header-dependencies' git bisect good 821b315ebebd5371abd9124478261064b36a6592 # bad: [e579a5d398744e8182decff1329c468d59e6974c] Merge branch 'mh/maint-notes-merge-pathbuf-fix' git bisect bad e579a5d398744e8182decff1329c468d59e6974c # good: [17e2b114a8f9d66d7c9263755f89cc503c94c38c] Merge branch 'jn/gitweb-highlite-sanitise' git bisect good 17e2b114a8f9d66d7c9263755f89cc503c94c38c # good: [5fbdb9c2e8cc7226d9a9e7de5ad09ac5f0a0b906] Merge branch 'jm/mergetool-pathspec' git bisect good 5fbdb9c2e8cc7226d9a9e7de5ad09ac5f0a0b906 # good: [f989fea0e0b47873de62a355f4766f03a88fb01b] resolve_ref(): also treat a too-long SHA1 as invalid git bisect good f989fea0e0b47873de62a355f4766f03a88fb01b # bad: [9bd500048d467791902b1a5e8c22165325952fde] Merge branch 'mh/check-ref-format-3' git bisect bad 9bd500048d467791902b1a5e8c22165325952fde # good: [ce40979cf83c4c92421f9dd56cc4eabb67c85f29] Store the submodule name in struct cached_refs git bisect good ce40979cf83c4c92421f9dd56cc4eabb67c85f29 # good: [11fa509957025cc30c063d75014b701dd9ae235d] Merge branch 'mh/iterate-refs' git bisect good 11fa509957025cc30c063d75014b701dd9ae235d # bad: [dce4bab6567de7c458b334e029e3dedcab5f2648] add_ref(): verify that the refname is formatted correctly git bisect bad dce4bab6567de7c458b334e029e3dedcab5f2648 # good: [7cb368421f62318f2c0f0e19a83ca34c201aebaa] resolve_ref(): expand documentation git bisect good 7cb368421f62318f2c0f0e19a83ca34c201aebaa If I revert it, everything's ok. Thanks a lot, Andrea Gelmini -- 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