* Michael J Gruber [Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:33:36 +0100]:
> Marc-André Lureau venit, vidit, dixit 21.01.2009 14:02:
> > Hi
> > I deleted a remote branch which was pointed by HEAD, this way: "git
> > push origin :master"
> > Then for almost every git command, I get this error: "error:
> > refs/remotes/origin/HEAD points nowhere!".
> You're talking about about the remote git repo, aren't you?
> > I found this situation non-friendly. Fortunately, I could understand
> > what's going on. But a new user might be confused.
> > Shouldn't the remote HEAD branch be updated or "protected" in some
> > ways? Or should the "error" be considered as a "warning" (silently?)
> > What do you think?
> I think that git said
> "warning: updating the currently checked out branch; this may cause
> confusion,
> as the index and working tree do not reflect changes that are now in HEAD."
> after your push and that this may have rung some bells. I also think
> that pushing to a non-bare remote repo (one with a worktree checked out)
> is strongly advised against in multiple places, unless you know what
> you're doing - which you seem to do since you were able to restore your
> HEAD ;)
I don't think Marc-André was pushing to a non-bare repo, but it doesn't
really matter, because his issue also shows up with bare repos: if you
delete the branch to which HEAD points in a remote repo, you get no
warning, and then cloning that bare repo does not fully work, because
its HEAD points to a non-existent ref.
% g clone ssh://.../foo.git
% cd foo
% g push origin :master
% cd ..
% g clone ssh://.../foo.git foo2
...
warning: remote HEAD refers to nonexistent ref, unable to checkout.
What would git usefully do in this situation, I don't know. But I
thought I'd clear up the above confusion.
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