I have a tree where I checked out a remote, without creating a local branch, this detaches the HEAD: # git branch * (no branch) master #git log|head -1 commit cec64082f689f949a397cb9b39423dc41545fa0e #git log master..HEAD|head -1 commit cec64082f689f949a397cb9b39423dc41545fa0e Now if I try to clone it: #git clone -n lab:/home/mst/scm/linux Initialized empty Git repository in /home/mst/scm/linux/.git/ remote: Counting objects: 1693446, done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (277054/277054), done. Receiving objects: 100% (1693446/1693446), 418.16 MiB | 7.63 MiB/s, done. remote: Total 1693446 (delta 1414353), reused 1681280 (delta 1402358) Resolving deltas: 100% (1414353/1414353), done. error: Trying to write ref HEAD with nonexistant object cec64082f689f949a397cb9b39423dc41545fa0e fatal: Cannot update the ref 'HEAD'. Looks like a bug, doesn't it? -- MST -- 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