On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 11:10:03AM +0100, Zdenek Crha wrote: > When I run git clone while 'master' and 'a_branch' point to same > commit, I will get clone with default branch 'master' where I would > expect default branch 'a_branch'. Yes, this is a known issue. The git protocol does not transfer the contents of the symref; the client must guess the branch name from the set of refs that are advertised. This has been discussed before, and there were even some patches proposed, but I think nobody cared enough to push it through, as it requires an extension to the protocol. You can search the list archives for past discussions. > I did few more checks and it seems to me that: > > * when active branch is 'master' then default branch in clone is > always master as expected > * when active branch is different from 'master', then the default > branch in clone is a first branch in alfabetically sorted list of > branches that point to same commit as active branch Exactly. The relevant code is in remote.c:guess_remote_head. -Peff -- 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