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2013-01-08Merge branch 'tb/test-t9810-no-sed-i'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-10/+14
* tb/test-t9810-no-sed-i: t9810: Do not use sed -i
2013-01-08Merge branch 'tb/test-t9020-no-which'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-2/+2
* tb/test-t9020-no-which: t9020: which is not portable
2013-01-08Merge branch 'jk/pathspec-literal'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+7
Finishing touches to fix a test breakage on Windows * jk/pathspec-literal: t6130-pathspec-noglob: Windows does not allow a file named "f*"
2013-01-06t6130-pathspec-noglob: Windows does not allow a file named "f*"Libravatar Johannes Sixt1-1/+7
Windows disallows file names that contain a star. Arrange the test setup to insert the file name "f*" in the repository without the corresponding file in the worktree. Signed-off-by: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org> Acked-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-01-05Merge branch 'wk/submodule-update-remote'Libravatar Junio C Hamano2-0/+32
The beginning of 'integrate with the tip of the remote branch, not the commit recorded in the superproject gitlink' support. * wk/submodule-update-remote: submodule add: If --branch is given, record it in .gitmodules submodule update: add --remote for submodule's upstream changes submodule: add get_submodule_config helper funtion
2013-01-05Merge branch 'jk/pathspec-literal'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+62
Allow scripts to feed literal paths to commands that take pathspecs, by disabling wildcard globbing. * jk/pathspec-literal: add global --literal-pathspecs option Conflicts: dir.c
2013-01-05Merge branch 'jc/format-color-auto'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-4/+59
Introduce "log --format=%C(auto,blue)Foo%C(auto,reset)" that does not color its output when writing to a non-terminal. * jc/format-color-auto: log --format: teach %C(auto,black) to respect color config t6006: clean up whitespace
2013-01-05Merge branch 'ja/directory-attrs'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+57
The attribute mechanism didn't allow limiting attributes to be applied to only a single directory itself with "path/" like the exclude mechanism does. * ja/directory-attrs: Add directory pattern matching to attributes
2013-01-05Merge branch 'jk/mailmap-from-blob'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+98
Allow us to read, and default to read, mailmap files from the tip of the history in bare repositories. This will help running tools like shortlog in server settings. * jk/mailmap-from-blob: mailmap: default mailmap.blob in bare repositories mailmap: fix some documentation loose-ends for mailmap.blob mailmap: clean up read_mailmap error handling mailmap: support reading mailmap from blobs mailmap: refactor mailmap parsing for non-file sources
2013-01-05Merge branch 'jc/fetch-ignore-symref'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+42
Avoid false error from an attempt to update local symbolic ref via fetch. * jc/fetch-ignore-symref: fetch: ignore wildcarded refspecs that update local symbolic refs
2013-01-05Merge branch 'cr/push-force-tag-update'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+43
Require "-f" for push to update a tag, even if it is a fast-forward. * cr/push-force-tag-update: push: allow already-exists advice to be disabled push: rename config variable for more general use push: cleanup push rules comment push: clarify rejection of update to non-commit-ish push: require force for annotated tags push: require force for refs under refs/tags/ push: flag updates that require force push: keep track of "update" state separately push: add advice for rejected tag reference push: return reject reasons as a bitset
2013-01-05Merge branch 'fc/fast-export-fixes'Libravatar Junio C Hamano3-10/+238
Various updates to fast-export used in the context of the remote helper interface. * fc/fast-export-fixes: fast-export: make sure updated refs get updated fast-export: don't handle uninteresting refs fast-export: fix comparison in tests fast-export: trivial cleanup remote-testgit: implement the "done" feature manually remote-testgit: report success after an import remote-testgit: exercise more features remote-testgit: cleanup tests remote-testgit: remove irrelevant test remote-testgit: remove non-local functionality Add new simplified git-remote-testgit Rename git-remote-testgit to git-remote-testpy remote-helpers: fix failure message remote-testgit: fix direction of marks fast-export: avoid importing blob marks
2013-01-05Merge branch 'jk/fsck-dot-in-trees'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+31
* jk/fsck-dot-in-trees: fsck: warn about ".git" in trees fsck: warn about '.' and '..' in trees
2013-01-03Merge branch 'as/test-tweaks'Libravatar Junio C Hamano2-59/+184
Output from the tests is coloured using "green is okay, yellow is questionable, red is bad and blue is informative" scheme. * as/test-tweaks: tests: paint unexpectedly fixed known breakages in bold red tests: test the test framework more thoroughly tests: refactor mechanics of testing in a sub test-lib tests: change info messages from yellow/brown to cyan tests: paint skipped tests in blue tests: paint known breakages in yellow tests: test number comes first in 'not ok $count - $message'
2013-01-02Merge branch 'jc/test-portability'Libravatar Junio C Hamano2-6/+10
* jc/test-portability: t9020: use configured Python to run the test helper t3600: Avoid "cp -a", which is a GNUism
2013-01-02Merge branch 'sp/shortlog-missing-lf'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+24
When a line to be wrapped has a solid run of non space characters whose length exactly is the wrap width, "git shortlog -w" failed to add a newline after such a line. * sp/shortlog-missing-lf: strbuf_add_wrapped*(): Remove unused return value shortlog: fix wrapping lines of wraplen
2013-01-02Merge branch 'nd/invalidate-i-t-a-cache-tree'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+20
After "git add -N" and then writing a tree object out of the index, the cache-tree data structure got corrupted. * nd/invalidate-i-t-a-cache-tree: cache-tree: invalidate i-t-a paths after generating trees cache-tree: fix writing cache-tree when CE_REMOVE is present cache-tree: replace "for" loops in update_one with "while" loops cache-tree: remove dead i-t-a code in verify_cache()
2013-01-02Merge branch 'mk/maint-graph-infinity-loop'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+10
The --graph code fell into infinite loop when asked to do what the code did not expect. * mk/maint-graph-infinity-loop: graph.c: infinite loop in git whatchanged --graph -m
2013-01-02Merge branch 'jc/test-cvs-no-init-in-existing-dir'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+2
t9200 runs "cvs init" on a directory that already exists, but a platform can configure this fail for the current user (e.g. you need to be in the cvsadmin group on NetBSD 6.0). * jc/test-cvs-no-init-in-existing-dir: t9200: let "cvs init" create the test repository
2013-01-02Merge branch 'jc/maint-test-portability'Libravatar Junio C Hamano3-6/+8
t4014, t9502 and t0200 tests had various portability issues that broke on OpenBSD. * jc/maint-test-portability: t4014: fix arguments to grep t9502: do not assume GNU tar t0200: "locale" may not exist
2013-01-02Merge branch 'mh/ceiling'Libravatar Junio C Hamano2-58/+13
An element on GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES list that does not name the real path to a directory (i.e. a symbolic link) could have caused the GIT_DIR discovery logic to escape the ceiling. * mh/ceiling: string_list_longest_prefix(): remove function setup_git_directory_gently_1(): resolve symlinks in ceiling paths longest_ancestor_length(): require prefix list entries to be normalized longest_ancestor_length(): take a string_list argument for prefixes longest_ancestor_length(): use string_list_split() Introduce new function real_path_if_valid() real_path_internal(): add comment explaining use of cwd Introduce new static function real_path_internal()
2013-01-01t9020: which is not portableLibravatar Torsten Bögershausen1-2/+2
Use type instead Signed-off-by: Torsten Bögershausen <tboegi@web.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-01-01t9810: Do not use sed -iLibravatar Torsten Bögershausen1-10/+14
sed -i is not portable on all systems. Use sed with different input and output files. Utilize a tmp file whenever needed. Signed-off-by: Torsten Bögershausen <tboegi@web.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-12-24t9200: let "cvs init" create the test repositoryLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+2
Some platforms (e.g. NetBSD 6.0) seem to configure their CVS to allow "cvs init" in an existing directory only to members of "cvsadmin". Instead of preparing an empty directory and then running "cvs init" on it, let's run "cvs init" and let it create the necessary directory. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-12-20tests: paint unexpectedly fixed known breakages in bold redLibravatar Adam Spiers2-10/+33
Change color of unexpectedly fixed known breakages to bold red. An unexpectedly passing test indicates that the test code is somehow broken or out of sync with the code it is testing. Either way this is an error which is potentially as bad as a failing test, and as such is no longer portrayed as a pass in the output. Signed-off-by: Adam Spiers <git@adamspiers.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-12-20tests: test the test framework more thoroughlyLibravatar Adam Spiers1-0/+105
Add 5 new full test suite runs each with a different number of passing/failing/broken/fixed tests, in order to ensure that the correct exit code and output are generated in each case. As before, these are run in a subdirectory to avoid disrupting the metrics for the parent tests. Signed-off-by: Adam Spiers <git@adamspiers.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-12-20tests: refactor mechanics of testing in a sub test-libLibravatar Adam Spiers1-45/+40
This will allow us to test the test framework more thoroughly without disrupting the top-level test metrics. Signed-off-by: Adam Spiers <git@adamspiers.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-12-20tests: change info messages from yellow/brown to cyanLibravatar Adam Spiers1-3/+3
Now that we've adopted a "traffic lights" coloring scheme, yellow is used for warning messages, so we need to re-color info messages to something less alarmist. Blue is a universal color for informational messages; however we are using that for skipped tests in order to align with the color schemes of other test suites. Therefore we use cyan which is also blue-ish, but visually distinct from blue. This was suggested on the list a while ago and no-one raised any objections: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/205675/focus=205966 An earlier iteration of this patch used bold cyan, but the point of this change is to make them less alarming; let's drop the boldness. Also paint the message to report skipping the whole thing via GIT_SKIP_TESTS mechanism in the same color as the "info" color that is used on the final summary line for the entire script. Signed-off-by: Adam Spiers <git@adamspiers.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-12-20tests: paint skipped tests in blueLibravatar Adam Spiers1-1/+1
Skipped tests indicate incomplete test coverage. Whilst this is not a test failure or other error, it's still not a complete success. Other testsuite related software like automake, autotest and prove seem to use blue for skipped tests, so let's follow suit. Signed-off-by: Adam Spiers <git@adamspiers.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-12-20tests: paint known breakages in yellowLibravatar Adam Spiers1-2/+4
Yellow seems a more appropriate color than bold green when considering the universal traffic lights coloring scheme, where green conveys the impression that everything's OK, and amber that something's not quite right. Likewise, change the color of the summarized total number of known breakages from bold red to the same yellow to be less alarmist and more consistent with the above. An earlier version of this patch used bold yellow but because these are all long-known failures, reminding them to developers in bold over and over does not help encouraging them to take a look at them very much. This iteration paints them in plain yellow instead to make them less distracting. Signed-off-by: Adam Spiers <git@adamspiers.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-12-19add global --literal-pathspecs optionLibravatar Jeff King1-0/+62
Git takes pathspec arguments in many places to limit the scope of an operation. These pathspecs are treated not as literal paths, but as glob patterns that can be fed to fnmatch. When a user is giving a specific pattern, this is a nice feature. However, when programatically providing pathspecs, it can be a nuisance. For example, to find the latest revision which modified "$foo", one can use "git rev-list -- $foo". But if "$foo" contains glob characters (e.g., "f*"), it will erroneously match more entries than desired. The caller needs to quote the characters in $foo, and even then, the results may not be exactly the same as with a literal pathspec. For instance, the depth checks in match_pathspec_depth do not kick in if we match via fnmatch. This patch introduces a global command-line option (i.e., one for "git" itself, not for specific commands) to turn this behavior off. It also has a matching environment variable, which can make it easier if you are a script or porcelain interface that is going to issue many such commands. This option cannot turn off globbing for particular pathspecs. That could eventually be done with a ":(noglob)" magic pathspec prefix. However, that level of granularity is more cumbersome to use for many cases, and doing ":(noglob)" right would mean converting the whole codebase to use "struct pathspec", as the usual "const char **pathspec" cannot represent extra per-item flags. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-12-19submodule add: If --branch is given, record it in .gitmodulesLibravatar W. Trevor King1-0/+1
This allows you to easily record a submodule.<name>.branch option in .gitmodules when you add a new submodule. With this patch, $ git submodule add -b <branch> <repository> [<path>] $ git config -f .gitmodules submodule.<path>.branch <branch> reduces to $ git submodule add -b <branch> <repository> [<path>] This means that future calls to $ git submodule update --remote ... will get updates from the same branch that you used to initialize the submodule, which is usually what you want. Signed-off-by: W. Trevor King <wking@tremily.us> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-12-19submodule update: add --remote for submodule's upstream changesLibravatar W. Trevor King1-0/+31
The current `update` command incorporates the superproject's gitlinked SHA-1 ($sha1) into the submodule HEAD ($subsha1). Depending on the options you use, it may checkout $sha1, rebase the $subsha1 onto $sha1, or merge $sha1 into $subsha1. This helps you keep up with changes in the upstream superproject. However, it's also useful to stay up to date with changes in the upstream subproject. Previous workflows for incorporating such changes include the ungainly: $ git submodule foreach 'git checkout $(git config --file $toplevel/.gitmodules submodule.$name.branch) && git pull' With this patch, all of the useful functionality for incorporating superproject changes can be reused to incorporate upstream subproject updates. When you specify --remote, the target $sha1 is replaced with a $sha1 of the submodule's origin/master tracking branch. If you want to merge a different tracking branch, you can configure the `submodule.<name>.branch` option in `.gitmodules`. You can override the `.gitmodules` configuration setting for a particular superproject by configuring the option in that superproject's default configuration (using the usual configuration hierarchy, e.g. `.git/config`, `~/.gitconfig`, etc.). Previous use of submodule.<name>.branch ======================================= Because we're adding a new configuration option, it's a good idea to check if anyone else is already using the option. The foreach-pull example above was described by Ævar in commit f030c96d8643fa0a1a9b2bd9c2f36a77721fb61f Author: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> Date: Fri May 21 16:10:10 2010 +0000 git-submodule foreach: Add $toplevel variable Gerrit uses the same interpretation for the setting, but because Gerrit has direct access to the subproject repositories, it updates the superproject repositories automatically when a subproject changes. Gerrit also accepts the special value '.', which it expands into the superproject's branch name. Although the --remote functionality is using `submodule.<name>.branch` slightly differently, the effect is the same. The foreach-pull example uses the option to record the name of the local branch to checkout before pulls. The tracking branch to be pulled is recorded in `.git/modules/<name>/config`, which was initialized by the module clone during `submodule add` or `submodule init`. Because the branch name stored in `submodule.<name>.branch` was likely the same as the branch name used during the initial `submodule add`, the same branch will be pulled in each workflow. Implementation details ====================== In order to ensure a current tracking branch state, `update --remote` fetches the submodule's remote repository before calculating the SHA-1. However, I didn't change the logic guarding the existing fetch: if test -z "$nofetch" then # Run fetch only if $sha1 isn't present or it # is not reachable from a ref. (clear_local_git_env; cd "$path" && ( (rev=$(git rev-list -n 1 $sha1 --not --all 2>/dev/null) && test -z "$rev") || git-fetch)) || die "$(eval_gettext "Unable to fetch in submodule path '\$path'")" fi There will not be a double-fetch, because the new $sha1 determined after the `--remote` triggered fetch should always exist in the repository. If it doesn't, it's because some racy process removed it from the submodule's repository and we *should* be re-fetching. Signed-off-by: W. Trevor King <wking@tremily.us> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-12-19t9020: use configured Python to run the test helperLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-3/+7
The test helper svnrdump_sim.py is used as "svnrdump" during the execution of this test, but the arrangement was not optimal: - it relied on symbolic links; - unportable "export VAR=VAL" was used; - GIT_BUILD_DIR variable was not quoted correctly; - it assumed that the Python interpreter is in /usr/bin/ and called "python" (i.e. not "python2.7" etc.) Rework this by writing a small shell script that spawns the right Python interpreter, using the right quoting. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-12-19t3600: Avoid "cp -a", which is a GNUismLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-3/+3
With d4a7ffa (tests: "cp -a" is a GNUism, 2012-10-08), we got rid of most of them, but the ones in a topic that was still in flight were missed. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-12-19Merge branch 'jc/maint-test-portability' into 'jc/test-portability'Libravatar Junio C Hamano3-6/+8
* jc/maint-test-portability: t4014: fix arguments to grep t9502: do not assume GNU tar t0200: "locale" may not exist
2012-12-19t4014: fix arguments to grepLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-3/+3
These "expect-failure" tests were not looking for the right string in the patch file. For example: grep "^ *"S. E. Cipient" <scipient@example.com>\$" patch5 was looking for "^ *S." in these three files: "E." "Cipient <scipient@example.com>$" "patch5" With some implementations of grep, the lack of file "E." was reported as an error, leading to the failure of the test. With other implementations of grep, the pattern "^ *S." matched what was in patch5, without diagnosing the missing files as an error, and made these tests unexpectedly pass. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-12-19t9502: do not assume GNU tarLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+1
The check_snapshot function makes sure that no cruft outside the repository hierarchy is added to the tar archive. The output from "tar tf" on the resulting archive is inspected to see if there is anything that does not begin with "$prefix/". There are two issues with this implementation: - Traditional tar implemenations that do not understand pax_global_header will write it out as if it is a plain file at the top-level; - Some implementations of tar do not add trailing slash when showing a directory entry (i.e. the output line for the entire archive will show "$prefix", not "$prefix/"). Fix them so that what we want to validate can be tested with traditional tar implementations. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-12-19t0200: "locale" may not existLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-2/+4
On systems without "locale" installed, t0200-gettext-basic.sh leaked error messages when checking if some test locales are available. Hide them, as they are not very useful. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-12-18Merge branch 'maint'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+4
* maint: t7004: do not create unneeded gpghome/gpg.conf when GPG is not used
2012-12-18t7004: do not create unneeded gpghome/gpg.conf when GPG is not usedLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+4
These tests themselves are properly protected by the GPG prerequisite, but one of the set-up steps outside the test_expect_success block unconditionally assumed that there is a gpghome/ directory, which is not true if GPG is not being used. It may be a good idea to move the whole set-up steps in the test but that is a follow-up topic. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-12-18Merge branch 'jk/pickaxe-textconv' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+12
"git log -p -S<string>" now looks for the <string> after applying the textconv filter (if defined); earlier it inspected the contents of the blobs without filtering.
2012-12-17Add directory pattern matching to attributesLibravatar Jean-Noël AVILA1-0/+57
The manpage of gitattributes says: "The rules how the pattern matches paths are the same as in .gitignore files" and the gitignore pattern matching has a pattern ending with / for directory matching. This rule is specifically relevant for the 'export-ignore' rule used for git archive. Signed-off-by: Jean-Noel Avila <jn.avila@free.fr> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-12-17log --format: teach %C(auto,black) to respect color configLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+55
Traditionally, %C(color attr) always emitted the ANSI color sequence; it was up to the scripts that wanted to conditionally color their output to omit %C(...) specifier when they do not want colors. Optionally allow "auto," to be prefixed to the color, so that the output is colored iff we would color regular "log" output (e.g., taking into account color.* and --color command line options). Tests and pretty_context bits by Jeff King <peff@peff.net>. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-12-17t6006: clean up whitespaceLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-4/+4
The test_format function did not indent its in-line test script in an attempt to make the output of the test look better. But it does not make a big difference to the output, and the source looks quite ugly. Let's use our normal indenting instead. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-12-16tests: test number comes first in 'not ok $count - $message'Libravatar Adam Spiers2-3/+3
The old output to say "not ok - 1 messsage" was working by accident only because the test numbers are optional in TAP. Signed-off-by: Adam Spiers <git@adamspiers.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-12-15cache-tree: invalidate i-t-a paths after generating treesLibravatar Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy1-0/+20
Intent-to-add entries used to forbid writing trees so it was not a problem. After commit 3f6d56d (commit: ignore intent-to-add entries instead of refusing - 2012-02-07), we can generate trees from an index with i-t-a entries. However, the commit forgets to invalidate all paths leading to i-t-a entries. With fully valid cache-tree (e.g. after commit or write-tree), diff operations may prefer cache-tree to index and not see i-t-a entries in the index, because cache-tree does not have them. Reported-by: Jonathon Mah <me@JonathonMah.com> Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-12-13mailmap: default mailmap.blob in bare repositoriesLibravatar Jeff King1-0/+25
The motivation for mailmap.blob is to let users of bare repositories use the mailmap feature, as they would not have a checkout containing the .mailmap file. We can make it even easier for them by just looking in HEAD:.mailmap by default. We can't know for sure that this is where they would keep a mailmap, of course, but it is the best guess (and it matches the non-bare behavior, which reads from HEAD:.mailmap in the working tree). If it's missing, git will silently ignore the setting. We do not do the same magic in the non-bare case, because: 1. In the common case, HEAD:.mailmap will be the same as the .mailmap in the working tree, which is a no-op. 2. In the uncommon case, the user has modified .mailmap but not yet committed it, and would expect the working tree version to take precedence. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-12-12mailmap: support reading mailmap from blobsLibravatar Jeff King1-0/+73
In a bare repository, there isn't a simple way to respect an in-tree mailmap without extracting it to a temporary file. This patch provides a config variable, similar to mailmap.file, which reads the mailmap from a blob in the repository. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-12-11fetch: ignore wildcarded refspecs that update local symbolic refsLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+42
In a repository cloned from somewhere else, you typically have a symbolic ref refs/remotes/origin/HEAD pointing at the 'master' remote-tracking ref that is next to it. When fetching into such a repository with "git fetch --mirror" from another repository that was similarly cloned, the implied wildcard refspec refs/*:refs/* will end up asking to update refs/remotes/origin/HEAD with the object at refs/remotes/origin/HEAD at the remote side, while asking to update refs/remotes/origin/master the same way. Depending on the order the two updates happen, the latter one would find that the value of the ref before it is updated has changed from what the code expects. When the user asks to update the underlying ref via the symbolic ref explicitly without using a wildcard refspec, e.g. "git fetch $there refs/heads/master:refs/remotes/origin/HEAD", we should still let him do so, but when expanding wildcard refs, it will result in a more intuitive outcome if we simply ignore local symbolic refs. As the purpose of the symbolic ref refs/remotes/origin/HEAD is to follow the ref it points at (e.g. refs/remotes/origin/master), its value would change when the underlying ref is updated. Earlier commit da3efdb (receive-pack: detect aliased updates which can occur with symrefs, 2010-04-19) fixed a similar issue for "git push". Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>