Hi, since the latest rework in the git downloader component setting the version to the 'master' branch is not working anymore. The error I see: Could not fetch special ref 'master'; assuming it is not special. Commit 'master' does not exist in this repository using another branch is working fine. If I use another branch first and then change the package to master it is switching the branch just fine and builds. I tried some analysis: When I use the command from [1] I get: > git fetch origin master:master fatal: Refusing to fetch into current branch refs/heads/master of non-bare repository fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly >git rev-parse --verify "master^{commit}" fatal: Needed a single revision So there seems to be a clash between the local master and the remote master in this case. As said before, all this works when I first start the repo creation with another branch and then switch to master. Regards, Michael [1] https://git.buildroot.org/buildroot/tree/support/download/git#n125
As stated in the manual, Buildroot does not support it: "Do not use a branch name as version; it does not work" If some uses of branch do work it's only by change. It can stop work at any new release. For details, see this thread: http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot/2018-May/221279.html
(In reply to Ricardo Martincoski from comment #1) *by chance* is what I meant to say