# Cannot check out from git

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/cannot-check-out-from-git/289>\
**Category:** Dev/API Corner\
**Tags:** other-dev\
**Created:** [August 20, 2008, 11:16am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/cannot-check-out-from-git/289 "2008-08-20T11:16:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![kinetik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/838e76/32.png) [@kinetik](https://forums.plex.tv/u/kinetik)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2008, 11:16am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/cannot-check-out-from-git/289/1 "2008-08-20T11:16:05Z")

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I have tried this on several machines (Mac and Windows), and always receive the same result:  
  
  
  
[codebox]$ git clone git://github.com/elan/plex.git  
  
Initialize plex/.git  
  
Initialized empty Git repository in C:/development/git/plex/.git/  
  
remote: Counting objects: 122132, done.←[K  
  
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (25736/25736), done.←[K  
  
remote: Total 122132 (delta 94998), reused 121007 (delta 93873)←[K  
  
Receiving objects: 100% (122132/122132), 326.46 MiB | 259 KiB/s, done.  
  
Resolving deltas: 100% (94998/94998), done.  
  
warning: remote HEAD refers to nonexistent ref, unable to checkout.[/codebox]  
  
  
  
Any thoughts?  
  
  
  
Thanks,  
  
P

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**Author:** ![WolfieNuke](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/wolfienuke/32/119_2.png) [@WolfieNuke](https://forums.plex.tv/u/WolfieNuke)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2008, 1:51pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/cannot-check-out-from-git/289/2 "2008-08-20T13:51:48Z")

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Just continue with the instructions…  
  
Create a branch, checkout the new branch, then compile.

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**Author:** ![elan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/elan/32/5_2.png) [@elan](https://forums.plex.tv/u/elan)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2008, 5:39pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/cannot-check-out-from-git/289/3 "2008-08-20T17:39:31Z")

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This probably occurs because we’re rebels and don’t have a master branch; all development is done on version branches (e.g. 0.5, 0.6, …). v0.5 is the one you want.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2019, 8:18pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/cannot-check-out-from-git/289/4 "2019-12-20T20:18:41Z")

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Closed on December 20, 2019, 8:18pm UTC

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