[FLUME-976] Git mirror of apache flume has a wrong HEAD ref

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: notrack
• Component/s: Build
• Labels: git infrastructure mirror

Release Note

Currently, one can't clone a git mirror of apache/flume from GitHub (and I suspect Apache's Git as well) in one single shot:

{code}

Harshs-MacBook-Pro:apache harshchouraria$ git clone [e-mail]:apache/flume.git
Cloning into 'flume'...
remote: Counting objects: 13558, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (4317/4317), done.
remote: Total 13558 (delta 6851), reused 13474 (delta 6776)
Receiving objects: 100% (13558/13558), 33.30 MiB | 59 KiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (6851/6851), done.
warning: remote HEAD refers to nonexistent ref, unable to checkout.
Harshs-MacBook-Pro:apache harshchouraria$ ls flume/
Harshs-MacBook-Pro:apache harshchouraria$
{code}

To fix it, I needed to understand that warning and apply:
{code}
Harshs-MacBook-Pro:apache harshchouraria$ cd flume; git checkout trunk
{code}

It may be that the HEAD ref is pointing to old name {{master}} instead of what Apache uses - {{trunk}}. Should be easy to fix.

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Harsh J
• Created: 19/Feb/12 06:30
• Updated: 23/Nov/18 14:55
• Resolved: 11/Nov/18 10:44