My helper really executes git show-ref before writting the export stream... Thank you for pointing that out and sorry for disturbing. On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 12:22 PM, Andrey Pavlenko <andrey.a.pavlenko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > git --version > git version 1.7.11.3 > > On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 9:54 PM, Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Wed, Aug 08, 2012 at 11:25:02AM +0400, Andrey Pavlenko wrote: >> >>> I'm developing a remote helper which uses the fast-import stream for >>> fetching. When I perform cloning git prints error message - "fatal: >>> 'refs/heads/master' - not a valid ref", however the clonning completes >>> normally. Each my fast-import commit command starts with "commit >>> refs/heads/master" header. >>> >>> What does this error message mean and how can I fix it? >> >> What version of git are you using? The only command which produces that >> exact message is "git show-ref", and it is not called by current >> versions of the cloning process (but it used to be in old versions). >> >> -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