On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 2:05 PM, Leo Razoumov <slonik.az@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi All, > I am using the latest stable version git-1.6.0.2. > > The man page for git-clone states explicitly that "git clone" > > " Clones a repository into a newly created directory, ...[snip]... > and creates and checks out an initial branch equal to the > cloned repository's currently active branch. " > > I noticed that while my active branch "My" happens to point to the > same commit as the "master" the git clone will check out master > instead of My (currently active branch). Is it a bug? > Currently it is only guessed which is the active branch (with a preference for the master branch as it is the default), as the current protocol does not allow tranfering the ref links: $ git ls-remote $url $sha1 HEAD $sha1 $branchname ... instead of: ref: refs/heads/master HEAD $sha1 $branchname ... So, I think it is a current limitation that maybe should be documented. HTH, Santi -- 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
