gitweb master vs. cvs/master branches mismatch

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What steps will reproduce the problem?

http://git.jankratochvil.net/?p=gdb.git;a=summary
-> head master
http://git.jankratochvil.net/?p=gdb.git;a=tree;h=refs/heads/master;hb=master
-> gdb/
http://git.jankratochvil.net/?p=gdb.git;a=tree;f=gdb;h=b2bc1d8ff2d63dad7f98166d0
7ea4851a8e33b9e;hb=master
-> NEWS blob
http://git.jankratochvil.net/?p=gdb.git;a=blob;f=gdb/NEWS;h=696de32204d3cb449595
343c41c073266ab79747;hb=master
 = OK, "*** Changes since GDB 7.4"
-> NEWS raw
http://git.jankratochvil.net/?p=gdb.git;a=blob_plain;f=gdb/NEWS;hb=master

What is the expected output?
*** Changes since GDB 7.4

What do you see instead?
*** Changes since GDB 6.8

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
rpm-rebuilt git-1.7.9.3-1.fc17.src.rpm.
Scientific Linux release 6.2 (Carbon)

Please provide any additional information below.
The branch cvs/master vs. master mismatch described by Jim Meyering at:
  http://sourceware.org/ml/gdb/2012-03/msg00064.html

Original issue reported on code.google.com by lace.kratochvil@gmail.com on 24 Mar 2012 at 2:38