Bruno Haible wrote: > You must be looking on the 'master' branch. Unlike most other git repos, > for GNU m4, the current development takes place on the 'branch-1.4' branch, > not on the 'master' branch: > https://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=m4.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/branch-1.4
Thanks for the HEADs up. I see now that the home page (https://www.gnu.org/software/m4/) does indeed inform the user to checkout that particular branch: git checkout -b branch-1.4 origin/branch-1.4 I had a really old repo in which I just ran 'git pull', and so I did not know better. Is the 'master' branch intended to be abandoned? If so: * Maybe it would be worthwhile to point 'master' to a commit that offers nothing but a 'README' explaining the abandonment. * Perhaps 'git config' offers some help. The variable 'transfer.hideRefs' looks like it might be worth investigating, but I'm not certain. * Run the following in the bare repository; it should help the user out by informing 'git clone' which branch to set up as the default: $ git symbolic-ref HEAD refs/heads/branch-1.4 Sincerely, Michael Witten
