clong an empty repo over ssh causes (harmless) fatal

Hello,

Cloning an empty repo seems to produce a spurious error.
The repo still seems fine though.

Any thoughts?

    $ git clone ssh://sitaram@localhost/home/sitaram/t/a b
    Initialized empty Git repository in /home/sitaram/t/b/.git/
    sitaram@localhost's password:
    warning: You appear to have cloned an empty repository.
    fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly

Thanks,

Sitaram