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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"One cause of \"The reference 'refs/heads/master' cannot be peeled - Cannot retrieve reference target\"","articleBody":"_I played with libgit2 and came around this error and debugged it a bit. In the end cmake found an ancient zlib header and lib burried in %PATH%._\r\n\r\n_Here is a record of my findings in hope it may help._\r\n\r\n**ERROR**:\r\n\r\nCall to git_status_list_new() fails.\r\n\r\nMessage from git_reference_peel(): \"the reference 'refs/heads/master' cannot be peeled - Cannot retrieve reference target\"\r\n\r\n**ISSUE**:\r\n\r\nPrimary error message **overwritten**:\r\nMessage from inflate_disk_obj(): \"failed to inflate disk object\"\r\n\r\n**CAUSED BY**:\r\n\r\nstart_inflate(): inflateInit() returns 661 (?), inflate() then -6 (Z_VERSION_ERROR)\r\n\r\n**CAUSED BY**:\r\n\r\ncmake ..\r\n-- Found ZLIB: C:/gnuwin32/lib/zlib.lib (found version \"1.2.3\")\r\n\r\n**QUICK FIX**:\r\n\r\nDisable package searching in CMakeLists.txt:\r\n\r\n`#FIND_PACKAGE(ZLIB)`\r\n`#IF (ZLIB_FOUND)`\r\n`#    INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIRS})`\r\n`#    LINK_LIBRARIES(${ZLIB_LIBRARIES})`\r\n`#    IF(APPLE OR CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES \"FreeBSD\")`\r\n`#        LIST(APPEND LIBGIT2_PC_LIBS \"-lz\")`\r\n`#    ELSE()`\r\n`#        SET(LIBGIT2_PC_REQUIRES \"${LIBGIT2_PC_REQUIRES} zlib\")`\r\n`#    ENDIF()`\r\n`#ELSE()`\r\n`    MESSAGE(STATUS \"zlib was not found; using bundled 3rd-party sources.\" )`\r\n`    INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(deps/zlib)`\r\n`    ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DNO_VIZ -DSTDC -DNO_GZIP)`\r\n`    FILE(GLOB SRC_ZLIB deps/zlib/*.c deps/zlib/*.h)`\r\n`#ENDIF()`\r\n\r\n**SUGGESTED FIX**:\r\n\r\nAdd cmake option to disable package searching.","author":{"url":"https://github.com/dirk-de-bugger","@type":"Person","name":"dirk-de-bugger"},"datePublished":"2017-07-06T17:36:56.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":7},"url":"https://github.com/4293/libgit2/issues/4293"}