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Trying to clone a repository in git, getting a error

I have two boxes, one is my local machine and the other is my dev server. Right now I'm testing this method of deploying apps using Git

I setup my local repository, added the files then committed. I am on Windows 7 & my server is Windows Server 2008.

The server is mapped as the W:\ Drive with my 'bare' repository and my target 'mock' production folder as child folders. -- I can get to each just fine, no connection problems.

Here's what I did to setup everything:

  1. Local dir git remote add origin w:\gitCentral

  2. Local dir git push origin master

  3. Type C:, then type CD testDeployment

  4. Now I'm in my test folder.

    A. I do git clone w:/gitCentral

Cloning into gitCentral... done.
error: refs/remotes/origin/master does
not point to a valid object! error:
Trying to write ref refs/heads/master
with nonexistant object 559e2165845
06e14ebef1121059e9461a86dd4f8 fatal:
Cannot update the ref 'HEAD'.

Solution

  • try to do the following (starting from your local folder, considering it is a git repo and has commits in current HEAD):

    git remote add origin w:/gitCentral
git fetch origin
git push origin master
cd C:/testDeployment
git clone w:/gitCentral