When a bare repo is created, HEAD is invalid, so cloning won't work.

roles/distgit/files/setup_git_package

@@ -100,11 +100,12 @@ git config --add hooks.maildomain fedoraproject.org
 popd >/dev/null
 
 # Now clone that repo and create the .gitignore and sources file
-git clone -q /srv/git/rpms/$PACKAGE.git $TMPDIR/$PACKAGE
+git init -q $TMPDIR/$PACKAGE
 pushd $TMPDIR/$PACKAGE >/dev/null
 touch .gitignore sources
 git add .
 git commit -q -m 'Initial setup of the repo' --author "$AUTHOR"
+git remote add origin $GITROOT/$PACKAGE.git
 git push -q origin master
 popd >/dev/null