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From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
To: Andrey Pavlenko <andrey.a.pavlenko@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: fast-import error: fatal: 'refs/heads/master' - not a valid ref
Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2012 13:54:33 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120808175433.GA12772@sigill.intra.peff.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAHSUVA5y1nZG69JbvC-wbmHhjyBGLx8Z2TM3htEyuCsWj=A+aw@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, Aug 08, 2012 at 11:25:02AM +0400, Andrey Pavlenko wrote:

> I'm developing a remote helper which uses the fast-import stream for
> fetching. When I perform cloning git prints error message - "fatal:
> 'refs/heads/master' - not a valid ref", however the clonning completes
> normally. Each my fast-import commit command starts with "commit
> refs/heads/master" header.
> 
> What does this error message mean and how can I fix it?

What version of git are you using? The only command which produces that
exact message is "git show-ref", and it is not called by current
versions of the cloning process (but it used to be in old versions).

-Peff

  reply	other threads:[~2012-08-08 17:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-08-08  7:25 fast-import error: fatal: 'refs/heads/master' - not a valid ref Andrey Pavlenko
2012-08-08 17:54 ` Jeff King [this message]
2012-08-09  8:22   ` Andrey Pavlenko
2012-08-09  8:42     ` Andrey Pavlenko

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