warning: remote HEAD refers to nonexistent ref, unable to checkout

Question

This seems like a popular error for different causes.

I\'ve got a simple bare git repo called \"kiflea.git\", I clone it like this:

git clone git://k         


        

Answer 1

I'd guess that it's the leading * in the commit log that is somehow fooling the remote server.

I can browse around the repo's web interface using some of the menu links, but others fail with a 404 - Unknown commit object or similar, particularly from the summary page.

See if you can amend that last commit message and then force push the update to see if that fixes it. There may be a bug in the server demon. If it does fix it it would be worth reporting on the git list git@vger.kernel.org (plain text messages only)