git issues while fetching from http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git/

[Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@technotrade.biz>]

Hi everybody,

I'm trying to fetch from the Linux kernel repository at 
http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git/. After 
downloading the objects, git failed while trying to fetch tags. Retrying the 
fetch operation gives the following output:

$ git-fetch origin
Fetching refs/heads/master from 
http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git/ using 
http
Auto-following refs/tags/v2.6.20
Auto-following refs/tags/v2.6.20
Auto-following refs/tags/v2.6.20-rc1
Auto-following refs/tags/v2.6.20-rc1
Auto-following refs/tags/v2.6.20-rc2
Auto-following refs/tags/v2.6.20-rc2
Auto-following refs/tags/v2.6.20-rc3
Auto-following refs/tags/v2.6.20-rc3
Auto-following refs/tags/v2.6.20-rc4
Auto-following refs/tags/v2.6.20-rc4
Auto-following refs/tags/v2.6.20-rc5
Auto-following refs/tags/v2.6.20-rc5
Auto-following refs/tags/v2.6.20-rc6
Auto-following refs/tags/v2.6.20-rc6
Auto-following refs/tags/v2.6.20-rc7
Auto-following refs/tags/v2.6.20-rc7
Failed to fetch refs/tags/v2.6.20 from 
http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git/

While trying to solve the issue, I noticed that the refs/tags directory in the 
remote repository is empty. Is that a normal situation ? Should git be able 
to regenerate the tags locally from the objects ? I'm using git 1.4.4.4.

Best regards,

Laurent Pinchart

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