Re: git-clone error?

Avi Kivity
2007-11-11T13:10:49Z

Avi Kivity wrote:
> Chen Xi wrote:
>
>> Hi everybody,
>>
>> I'm trying to clone the repository:
>>
>> git-clone http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/avi/kvm.git kvm
>>
>> Fail on this:
>> error: Couldn't get http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/avi/kvm.git/refs/heads/kvm-updates for heads/kvm-updates
>> The requested URL returned error: 404
>> error: Could not interpret heads/kvm-updates as something to pull
>>
>> Anything wrong?
>>
>>
>
> For some reason the repository uses packed references, which I think
> aren't supported well by git-http.
>
> Or maybe you need a newer git. What version are you using?
>
>
>

Looking a bit, it seems v1.5.1.2 and later should be able to handle
http clones with packed refs.

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