On Fri, 2011-10-14 at 13:35 +0200, Daniele Segato wrote: > On Fri, 2011-10-14 at 13:31 +0200, Daniele Segato wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > > > following from a discussion in IRC freenode #git between me, sitaram an > > shruggar > > > > > > step to reproduce: > > > > $ mkdir /tmp/gitbug > > $ cd /tmp/gitbug/ > > > > $ # create a fake remote repo > > $ git init --bare remote.git > > > > $ # clone it with the user that will generate the bug > > $ git clone remote.git buggenerator > > $ cd buggenerator/ > > $ touch whatever > > $ git add . > > $ git commit -m "first commit" > > $ git push origin master > > > > $ # now clone the same repo the other guy is the "victim" of this issue > > $ cd .. > > $ git clone remote.git victim > > > > $ # time to create the remote HEAD branch > > $ cd buggenerator/ > > $ git push origin HEAD:HEAD > > > > $ # the remote refs has been created! > > $ git ls-remote > > > > $ # another commit > > $ echo 'any change' >> whatever > > $ git commit -a -m "some change" > > $ git push origin master > > > > $ # the refs/heads/HEAD is still where it was > > $ git ls-remote > > > > $ # now from the victim perspective > > $ cd ../victim/ > > > > $ # every time executing a fetch he will get a force update > > $ # or maybe even an error, seen it my real repo, don't know how > > $ # to reproduce > > $ git fetch > > $ git fetch > > $ git ls-remote > > $ git fetch > > $ git ls-remote > > $ git branch -a > > This should also help understanding what happen in the "victim" local > repo at every fetch: > > mastro@mastroc3 /tmp/gitbug/victim (master) $ git br -av > * master 11d0a12 [behind 1] first commit > remotes/origin/HEAD -> origin/master > remotes/origin/master 77852ef some change > mastro@mastroc3 /tmp/gitbug/victim (master) $ git fetch > From /tmp/gitbug/remote > + 77852ef...11d0a12 HEAD -> origin/HEAD (forced update) > mastro@mastroc3 /tmp/gitbug/victim (master) $ git br -av > * master 11d0a12 first commit > remotes/origin/HEAD -> origin/master > remotes/origin/master 11d0a12 first commit Hi again, I'm aware my request has been ignored for a good reason but I would appreciate someone stepping in and explaining to me why this is not a bug or why it has been ignored. Thanks. Regards, Daniele Segato -- 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