Git – Unable to resolve reference ‘refs/remotes/origin/master’: reference broken
A git pull and hits the below "reference broken" error message?
Terminal
$ git pull
error: cannot lock ref 'refs/remotes/origin/master':
unable to resolve reference 'refs/remotes/origin/master': reference broken
From bitbucket.org:xx/mkyong-tutorials
! [new branch] master -> origin/master (unable to update local ref)
Solution
Unsure the root cause of the "reference broken". To fix it, delete this file .git/refs/remotes/origin/master, and git fetch to retrieve it back.
Terminal
$ rm .git/refs/remotes/origin/master
$ git fetch
From bitbucket.org:xx/mkyong-tutorials
df0eee8..3f7af90 master -> origin/master
$ git pull
Already up to date.
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> git fetch
error: cannot lock ref ‘refs/remotes/origin/develop’: unable to resolve reference ‘refs/remotes/origin/develop’: reference broken
From https://bitbucket.org/my-repo
! [new branch] develop -> origin/develop (unable to update local ref)
> git pull
error: cannot lock ref ‘refs/remotes/origin/develop’: unable to resolve reference ‘refs/remotes/origin/develop’: reference broken
From https://bitbucket.org/my-repo
! [new branch] develop -> origin/develop (unable to update local ref)
I just want to say thank you!!!
Thanks for sharing this it worked for me
doesn’t work to me!
rm: cannot remove ‘.git/refs/remotes/origin/master’: Not a directory
Uhmm…
Check your remote name and replace the /origin with it 🙂