> git clone http://git.openvz.org/pub/linux-2.6.24-openvz linux-2.6.24
> Initialized empty Git repository in /usr/src/linux-2.6.24/.git/
> Cannot get remote repository information.
> Perhaps git-update-server-info needs to be run there?

> This happens because the file
> http://git.openvz.org/pub/linux-2.6.24-openvz/info/refs
> is missing. It's not missing for any of the other repositories,
> so it appears to be a genuine problem.
>
> Please fix it. TIA.

Can't you use native git protocol? That way you won't have to redownload
whole archive every time someone does git-repack on git.openvz.org

To switch to git protocol without redownloading change "http" to "git"
in .git/config -- it seems to work.