Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> writes: > Unfortunately, it can't, because the ref doesn't exist: > > $ git ls-remote git://github.com/passcod/UPPERCASE-NPM.git > efc7dbfd6ca155d5d19ce67eb98603896062f35a refs/heads/MASTER > e60ea8e6ec45ec45ff44ac8939cb4105b16477da refs/pull/1/head > f35a73dcb151d336dc3d30c9a2c7423ecdb7bd1c refs/pull/2/head > 0d9b3a1268ff39350e04a7183af0add912b686e6 refs/tags/V1.0.0 > efc7dbfd6ca155d5d19ce67eb98603896062f35a refs/tags/V1.0.1 > > There is no HEAD line at all, so we have no information about it on the > client side. Likewise, if you run with GIT_TRACE_PACKET=1, you'll see > that the capabilities line does not include a symref marker either. > > So if we wanted to improve this, I think the first step would be for the > server to start sending symref lines for HEAD, even when it does not > resolve to anything. Yup, noticed the same and I agree with your conclusion.