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Created March 24, 2022 09:28
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brew install and brew update hang with error: 'refs/remotes/origin/master': unknown revision or path not in the working tree.
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brew install and brew update hang with error.md

What are you were trying to do?

A fresh install of homebrew on OSX, or any other brew installation;

What happened?

Installation hangs with the error:

error: Not a valid ref: refs/remotes/origin/master
fatal: ambiguous argument 'refs/remotes/origin/master': unknown revision or path not in the working tree.
Use '--' to separate paths from revisions, like this:
'git <command> [<revision>...] -- [<file>...]'

SOLUTION

rm -fr $(brew --repo homebrew/core)  # because you can't `brew untap homebrew/core`
brew tap homebrew/core
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