[Wine] Is git broken?

[halfnitty]

Is there a problem with the wine git? I use git regularly on the linux kernel git, so
I think I have a working version. As below, it is 1.7.1.

Below is result of git clone:

$ git clone -v git://source.winehq.org/git/wine-git wine-git
Initialized empty Git repository in /weep/wine/wine-git/.git/
fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly

$ git --version
git version 1.7.1

My motivation is USB access from wine: if there is an easier way than checking out from git
and patching, please let me know.