Re: remote's HEAD not detected correctly

Jeff King [off-list ref] writes:

It depends on the transport protocol. It actually works over dumb http,
though I suspect that is not getting used much these days. I also
implemented a quick-and-dirty patch for local repositories here:

  http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/110049

which would make Jeffrey's test pass, but I have a feeling it was just a
simple test case and that he actually cares about real remotes.

-Peff

PS I think the "send-HEAD-explicitly" patch series was here:

     http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/102039

   I had some complaints at the time, but re-reading it I don't see
   anything that would prevent us from revisiting the topic now.

Good digging.