I went ahead and narrowed the range a bit: ✅ 2.44.1 = NO bug ❌ 2.45.1 = bug reproduces Thanks, alan > On Mar 19, 2025, at 2:53 AM, alan@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > Thank you for filling out a Git bug report! > Please answer the following questions to help us understand your issue. > > What did you do before the bug happened? (Steps to reproduce your issue) > `GIT_CONFIG_GLOBAL=/dev/null GIT_CONFIG_SYSTEM=/dev/null GIT_CONFIG_NOSYSTEM=0 GIT_ADVICE=0 git clone --quiet /Volumes/sourcecode/npm-packages/packages/repository-tools/node_modules/.cache/@altano/repository-tools/2078b9db1d71a4f4a5422e25a7016c75/git.bundle .` > > What did you expect to happen? (Expected behavior) > I would expect the clone to happen without any hints because I provided both `GIT_ADVICE=0` _and_ `--quiet` to the command. Both should suppress the hint. > > What happened instead? (Actual behavior) > I received the "hint: Using 'master' as the name for the initial branch. This default branch name" on stderr, which caused my tests to fail (I am using git programmatically in a test). > > What's different between what you expected and what actually happened? > The hint on stderr was displayed. > > Anything else you want to add: > This behavior is NOT observed on git v2.44.0 and is observed on git v2.48.1. So the bug started occurring somewhere in between those versions. I can find the exact version the bug was introduced manually with some effort if that would be helpful. > > Please review the rest of the bug report below. > You can delete any lines you don't wish to share. > > > [System Info] > git version: > git version 2.48.1 > cpu: aarch64 > no commit associated with this build > sizeof-long: 8 > sizeof-size_t: 8 > shell-path: /nix/store/hmffg6n6ylbl4c30pqc9i71mwqzrd0iv-bash-5.2p37/bin/bash > feature: fsmonitor--daemon > libcurl: 8.12.1 > OpenSSL: OpenSSL 3.4.1 11 Feb 2025 > zlib: 1.3.1 > uname: Darwin 24.3.0 Darwin Kernel Version 24.3.0: Thu Jan 2 20:24:23 PST 2025; root:xnu-11215.81.4~3/RELEASE_ARM64_T6020 arm64 > compiler info: clang: 19.1.7 > libc info: no libc information available > $SHELL (typically, interactive shell): /bin/zsh > > > [Enabled Hooks]