This patch fixes my original problem. So, Reported-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@xxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@xxxxxxxxx> However, test 4 in test-hg.sh still fails for me: --- expected 2012-11-13 05:22:57.946637384 +0000 +++ actual 2012-11-13 05:22:57.946637384 +0000 @@ -1,2 +1,2 @@ -zero -refs/heads/master +feature-a +refs/heads/feature-a What is going on? Ram -- 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