# Look at objects/info/alternates for rsync -- http will
# support it natively and git native ones will do it on the remote
# end. Not having that file is not a crime.
- rsync -q "$remote/objects/info/alternates" "$GIT_DIR/TMP_ALT" ||
- rm -f "$GIT_DIR/TMP_ALT"
+ rsync -q "$remote/objects/info/alternates" \
+ "$GIT_DIR/TMP_ALT" 2>/dev/null ||
+ rm -f "$GIT_DIR/TMP_ALT"
if test -f "$GIT_DIR/TMP_ALT"
then
resolve_alternates "$remote" <"$GIT_DIR/TMP_ALT" |