fetch fails with "fatal: couldn't find remote ref refs/notes/commits"

[Bryce Harrington]

git ubuntu version: 0.10

Steps to reproduce:
$ git ubuntu clone exim4 exim4-gu
$ cd exim4-gu/
$ git status
On branch ubuntu/devel
nothing to commit, working tree clean

$ git ubuntu remote add sergiodj
fatal: Couldn't find remote ref refs/notes/commits

I'm able to clone his branch into a separate directory though:
$ git clone -b groovy-exim4-93-15-merge git+ssh://<email address hidden>/~sergiodj/ubuntu/+source/exim4
Cloning into 'exim4'...
remote: Counting objects: 1642, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (880/880), done.
remote: Total 1642 (delta 918), reused 1163 (delta 724)
Receiving objects: 100% (1642/1642), 3.72 MiB | 2.45 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (918/918), done.

Here is the .git/config from the first git ubuntu clone:
###

[core]
        bare = false
        repositoryformatversion = 0
        filemode = true
        logallrefupdates = true
[remote "pkg"]
        url = https://git.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/exim4
        fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/pkg/*
        fetch = +refs/tags/*:refs/tags/pkg/*
        fetch = +refs/notes/commits:refs/notes/changelog
        pushurl = ssh://<email address hidden>/ubuntu/+source/exim4
        tagOpt = --no-tags
[remote "bryce"]
        url = https://git.launchpad.net/~bryce/ubuntu/+source/exim4
        fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/bryce/*
        fetch = +refs/tags/*:refs/tags/bryce/*
        fetch = +refs/notes/commits:refs/notes/changelog
        pushurl = ssh://<email address hidden>/~bryce/ubuntu/+source/exim4
        tagOpt = --no-tags
[notes]
        displayRef = refs/notes/changelog
[remote "sergiodj"]
        url = https://git.launchpad.net/~sergiodj/ubuntu/+source/exim4
        fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/sergiodj/*
        fetch = +refs/tags/*:refs/tags/sergiodj/*
        fetch = +refs/notes/commits:refs/notes/changelog
        pushurl = ssh://<email address hidden>/~sergiodj/ubuntu/+source/exim4
        tagOpt = --no-tags
###

Here's the .git/config from directly checking out sergio's branch:

[core]
        repositoryformatversion = 0
        filemode = true
        bare = false
        logallrefupdates = true
[remote "origin"]
        url = git+ssh://<email address hidden>/~sergiodj/ubuntu/+source/exim4
        fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
[branch "groovy-exim4-93-15-merge"]
        remote = origin
        merge = refs/heads/groovy-exim4-93-15-merge
        rebase = true

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

Workaround appears to be to comment out the notes fetch in the sergiodj remote:

[remote "sergiodj"]
        url = https://git.launchpad.net/~sergiodj/ubuntu/+source/exim4
        fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/sergiodj/*
        fetch = +refs/tags/*:refs/tags/sergiodj/*
# fetch = +refs/notes/commits:refs/notes/changelog
        pushurl = ssh://<email address hidden>/~sergiodj/ubuntu/+source/exim4
        tagOpt = --no-tags

$ git fetch sergiodj -a -t
remote: Counting objects: 19, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (18/18), done.
remote: Total 19 (delta 14), reused 2 (delta 1)
Unpacking objects: 100% (19/19), 8.17 KiB | 177.00 KiB/s, done.
From https://git.launchpad.net/~sergiodj/ubuntu/+source/exim4
 * [new branch] groovy-exim4-93-15-merge -> sergiodj/groovy-exim4-93-15-merge

[Robie Basak (racb)]

Yes the fix for this is pending review.

[Robie Basak (racb)]

Fixed in 9804f96.

[Robie Basak (racb)]

Fix released in git-ubuntu version 1.0