On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 5:41 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > #git clone -n lab:/home/mst/scm/linux >> > .... >> > error: Trying to write ref HEAD with nonexistant object >> > cec64082f689f949a397cb9b39423dc41545fa0e >> > fatal: Cannot update the ref 'HEAD'. >> > >> > Looks like a bug, doesn't it? >> >> Which git version? IIRC there was some bugfix recently in that >> area... > > Sorry, forgot to mention that. It's pretty recent: > $ git --version > git version 1.7.9.111.gf3fb0 The series that Jakub mentioned is probably nd/clone-detached 5ce2b97, which is already included in your tree. Does 1.7.9 work? I tried but it was ok for me. I think ref processing at local probably goes wrong and does not request commit from HEAD. If the repo is not confidential, you can zip it and send me. -- Duy -- 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