Detached heads are not currently supported
Problem
Unable to access the repository.
The following appears in the atlassian-bitbucket.log
:
2013-10-09 09:41:04,642 ERROR [http-bio-7990-exec-8] sdh 581x6964x1 ob79br 192.168.3.62 "GET /projects/TST/repos/reponame/browse HTTP/1.1" c.a.s.i.w.HandlerExceptionResolverImpl Detached heads are not currently supported. Please ensure the HEAD for BMS-Utils (2) is a reference
com.atlassian.bitbucket.scm.git.DetachedHeadException: Detached heads are not currently supported. Please ensure the HEAD for reponame (2) is a reference
at com.atlassian.bitbucket.internal.scm.git.RawGitAgent.getHead(RawGitAgent.java:258) ~[na:na]
at com.atlassian.bitbucket.internal.scm.git.RawGitAgent.resolveHead(RawGitAgent.java:310) ~[na:na]
at com.atlassian.bitbucket.internal.scm.git.DefaultGitCommandFactory$1.call(DefaultGitCommandFactory.java:202) ~[na:na]
Cause
Detached heads are not currently supported.
Resolution
Check the repository ID:
SELECT id FROM repository WHERE name='<reponame>';
Go to the directory where Bitbucket Server repository data is located, e.g.:
cd BITBUCKET_HOME/shared/data/repositories/<ID>
Run the following command to see the content of the file HEAD:
cat HEAD
If it return a commit hash (e.g.: 682408a83a7bb1bd6a1ff9695c68272bf3627f74), your repository is in detached HEAD state.
Run the following command to set it back to master branch or any other default branch:
git symbolic-ref HEAD refs/heads/master