Hi Laurent,
On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 10:29:59 +0100 Laurent Pinchart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
