$ env LANG=C git clone git://git.xfce.org/users/nick/xfce4-dev-tools Cloning into 'xfce4-dev-tools'... remote: Counting objects: 680, done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (228/228), done. remote: Total 680 (delta 446), reused 680 (delta 446) Receiving objects: 100% (680/680), 142.23 KiB | 0 bytes/s, done. Resolving deltas: 100% (446/446), done. Checking connectivity... done. warning: remote HEAD refers to nonexistent ref, unable to checkout. $ ls -a xfce4-dev-tools/ . .. .git
Yes, this is normal as user branches does not have a master branch. You need to "git checkout $branchname" the needed branch, or clone with git clone -b $branchname