Did this and got a small error that I don't think should be there: git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git linux-2.6 cd linux-2.6 git gc cd .. git clone --reference linux-2.6 ssh://git.infradead.org/~/public_git/jffs2_mtd_patches Initialized empty Git repository in /usr/local/src/jffs2_mtd_patches/.git/ The authenticity of host 'git.infradead.org (18.85.46.34)' can't be established. RSA key fingerprint is 45:df:f2:54:81:cf:42:05:1d:59:bb:dd:60:b5:0e:81. Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes Warning: Permanently added 'git.infradead.org' (RSA) to the list of known hosts. remote: Generating pack... remote: Done counting 0 objects. Indexing 0 objects... remote: Total 0 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0) error: wrong index file size in /usr/local/src/jffs2_mtd_patches/.git/objects/pack/pack-da39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709.idx Checking 21649 files out... 100% (21649/21649) done git --version git version 1.5.2.2 the ~ in above ssh: is jocke - 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