On Fri, Jul 4, 2014 at 10:51 AM, Allan Gardner <allanegardner@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Currently fetching a sha1 fails on git.kernel.org: > > $ git --version && uname -a > git version 1.9.4 > Linux nixos 3.12.23 #1-NixOS SMP Thu Jan 1 00:00:01 UTC 1970 x86_64 GNU/Linux > > $ rm -rf test && mkdir test && cd test && git init > Initialized empty Git repository in ~/test/.git/ > > $ git fetch --depth 1 https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git > 782735203c316041df120748e5e88c1787cdf4da > error: no such remote ref 782735203c316041df120748e5e88c1787cdf4da > > I tried with head, same error. However, if I clone the full repository > and then manually execute git upload-pack, it successfully fetches the > commit: > > $ git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git master > <wait an hour> > $ git checkout -b sha1 782735203c316041df120748e5e88c1787cdf4da > $ printf "0045want %s multi_ack_detailed\n000Ddeepen > 1\n00000009done\n0000" "782735203c316041df120748e5e88c1787cdf4da" >>input > $ cat input | git upload-pack --stateless-rpc . > output > $ sed -z "s/.*0008NAK\n//" < output > output.pack > $ git index-pack output.pack && git verify-pack -v output.pack | grep commit > f239687a5dbbd1bbb761d09edec582418c66c297 > 782735203c316041df120748e5e88c1787cdf4da commit 374 234 12 > > So theoretically this is supported server-side. Unfortunately > kernel.org does not agree: No, it is not supported server side. Your test didn't even test what you think it tested. $ curl https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git/info/refs?service=git-upload-pack 2>/dev/null | head -n 2 001e# service=git-upload-pack 0000009b6f92e5ff3cdc813de8ef5327fd4bad492fb7d6c9 HEADmulti_ack thin-pack side-band side-band-64k ofs-delta shallow no-progress include-tag multi_ack_detailed The capability you are asking about is allow-tip-sha1-in-want which does not appear in the server advertisement. So its not supported on this server. -- 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