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* git-fetch fails if remote is detached HEAD
@ 2007-01-19 11:44 Andy Parkins
  2007-01-19 22:23 ` Junio C Hamano
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Andy Parkins @ 2007-01-19 11:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: git

Hello,

Running git-fetch from a remote repository that has a detached head 
fails with:

fatal: '/path/to/repository/.git': unable to chdir or not a git archive

A simple checkout at the remote end, and everything is fine again.

I can't quite see why fetch is interested in the remote HEAD at all?  
The only time that is ever needed is during a clone isn't it?

Andy
-- 
Dr Andrew Parkins, M Eng (Hons), AMIEE
andyparkins@gmail.com

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* Re: git-fetch fails if remote is detached HEAD
  2007-01-19 11:44 git-fetch fails if remote is detached HEAD Andy Parkins
@ 2007-01-19 22:23 ` Junio C Hamano
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Junio C Hamano @ 2007-01-19 22:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Andy Parkins; +Cc: git

I think it is trying to see if it is a git archive, and
the version of upload-pack you are invoking is not detached-HEAD
aware.

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