On Thu, 31 Mar 2011 09:01:13 -0700 (PDT) romerve <rome...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I am new to Git and been using SVN for a little while. I have set > > > up Git and i am trying to clone a project via http and i am > > > getting: > > > > It seems you failed to paste what you're getting. > > > > > I also setup gitweb to see my projects via browser, everything is > > > working except for 2 things. > > > > > 1.- when i do: git init to any folder, gitweb shows the new > > > project but it shows it as "proj/.git" instead of just "proj" > > > > > and 2.- when i try to do: git clonehttp://git.mydomain.com/proj i > > > get: "warning: remote HEAD refers to nonexistent ref, unable to > > > checkout." > > > > Most probably this happens because you've attempted to clone an > > empty repository, that is, a repository without any commits > > recorded yet. The explanation of why this happens is at [1]. I'm > > also quite confident the first problem (with gitweb's display of > > such repositories) exists due to the same reason. > Well here is what i have done: > cd webstore > git init > git add . > git commit -a -m "initial commit" > > > Then i go to git.mydomain.com and gitweb displays: "webstore/.git" and > when i try to clone it: > from remote client: git clone http://git.mydomain.com/webstore i get > the warning: > "warning: remote HEAD refers to nonexistent ref, unable to checkout." > > So i know my project is not empty... Okay, so may it be that the problem is rooted in that you have to jump through a set of hoops to make "dumb" protocols like HTTP work [1]? I think you could try to verify this hypothesis immediately by attempting to clone via file:// protocol on that same host. P.S. Please don't top-post, it sucks big time. 1. http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/githooks.html#post-update -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Git for human beings" group. To post to this group, send email to git-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to git-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/git-users?hl=en.
