Merge branch 'jc/dirwalk-n-cache-tree' into jc/cache-tree

* jc/dirwalk-n-cache-tree: (212 commits)
  builtin-rm: squelch compiler warnings.
  Add builtin "git rm" command
  Move pathspec matching from builtin-add.c into dir.c
  Prevent bogus paths from being added to the index.
  builtin-add: fix unmatched pathspec warnings.
  Remove old "git-add.sh" remnants
  builtin-add: warn on unmatched pathspecs
  Do "git add" as a builtin
  Clean up git-ls-file directory walking library interface
  libify git-ls-files directory traversal
  Add a conversion tool to migrate remote information into the config
  fetch, pull: ask config for remote information
  Fix build procedure for builtin-init-db
  read-tree -m -u: do not overwrite or remove untracked working tree files.
  apply --cached: do not check newly added file in the working tree
  Implement a --dry-run option to git-quiltimport
  Implement git-quiltimport
  Revert "builtin-grep: workaround for non GNU grep."
  builtin-grep: workaround for non GNU grep.
  builtin-grep: workaround for non GNU grep.
  ...

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/git-fetch.sh b/git-fetch.sh
index 83143f82cf..280f62e4b7 100755
--- a/git-fetch.sh
+++ b/git-fetch.sh
@@ -270,14 +270,22 @@ fetch_main () {
 	  if [ -n "$GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY" ]; then
 	      curl_extra_args="-k"
 	  fi
-	  remote_name_quoted=$(perl -e '
+	  max_depth=5
+	  depth=0
+	  head="ref: $remote_name"
+	  while (expr "z$head" : "zref:" && expr $depth \< $max_depth) >/dev/null
+	  do
+	    remote_name_quoted=$(perl -e '
 	      my $u = $ARGV[0];
+              $u =~ s/^ref:\s*//;
 	      $u =~ s{([^-a-zA-Z0-9/.])}{sprintf"%%%02x",ord($1)}eg;
 	      print "$u";
-	  ' "$remote_name")
-	  head=$(curl -nsfL $curl_extra_args "$remote/$remote_name_quoted") &&
+	  ' "$head")
+	    head=$(curl -nsfL $curl_extra_args "$remote/$remote_name_quoted")
+	    depth=$( expr \( $depth + 1 \) )
+	  done
 	  expr "z$head" : "z$_x40\$" >/dev/null ||
-		  die "Failed to fetch $remote_name from $remote"
+	      die "Failed to fetch $remote_name from $remote"
 	  echo >&2 Fetching "$remote_name from $remote" using http
 	  git-http-fetch -v -a "$head" "$remote/" || exit
 	  ;;