Hello Peter, > Try to give it the full ref name and it should work, e.g. > git push origin refs/heads/master:refs/heads/master I owe you a beer or two. (ad027088pc) [~/work/raid_ueberwachung] git push origin refs/heads/master:refs/heads/master updating 'refs/heads/master' from 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 to aca655af03443ef8b4adea269b50471894686b14 Also local refs/remotes/origin/master Generating pack... Done counting 18 objects. Deltifying 18 objects... 100% (18/18) done Writing 18 objects... 100% (18/18) done Total 18 (delta 6), reused 0 (delta 0) refs/heads/master: 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 -> aca655af03443ef8b4adea269b50471894686b14 Thomas - 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