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Subject: Re: git issues while fetching from
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  Hi Laurent,


On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 10:29:59 +0100 Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@technotrade.biz> wrote:

> Hi everybody,
> 
> I'm trying to fetch from the Linux kernel repository at 
> http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git/. After 
> downloading the objects, git failed while trying to fetch tags. Retrying the 
> fetch operation gives the following output:
> 
> $ git-fetch origin
> Fetching refs/heads/master from 
> http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git/ using 
> http
> Auto-following refs/tags/v2.6.20
> Auto-following refs/tags/v2.6.20
> Auto-following refs/tags/v2.6.20-rc1
> Auto-following refs/tags/v2.6.20-rc1
> Auto-following refs/tags/v2.6.20-rc2
> Auto-following refs/tags/v2.6.20-rc2
> Auto-following refs/tags/v2.6.20-rc3
> Auto-following refs/tags/v2.6.20-rc3
> Auto-following refs/tags/v2.6.20-rc4
> Auto-following refs/tags/v2.6.20-rc4
> Auto-following refs/tags/v2.6.20-rc5
> Auto-following refs/tags/v2.6.20-rc5
> Auto-following refs/tags/v2.6.20-rc6
> Auto-following refs/tags/v2.6.20-rc6
> Auto-following refs/tags/v2.6.20-rc7
> Auto-following refs/tags/v2.6.20-rc7
> Failed to fetch refs/tags/v2.6.20 from 
> http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git/
> 
> While trying to solve the issue, I noticed that the refs/tags directory in the 
> remote repository is empty. Is that a normal situation ? Should git be able 
> to regenerate the tags locally from the objects ? I'm using git 1.4.4.4.

  I had the same issue. Upgrade git. the refs are now packed
in a single file packed-refs.

  Sébastien.