I can't reproduce that.
$ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git
Initialized empty Git repository in /home/nico/git/tst/linux-2.6/.git/
remote: Generating pack...
remote: Done counting 496911 objects.
remote: Deltifying 496911 objects...
remote: 100% (496911/496911) done
Indexing 496911 objects...
remote: Total 496911 (delta 401539), reused 493712 (delta 398653)
100% (496911/496911) done
Resolving 401539 deltas...
100% (401539/401539) done
Checking 22413 files out...
100% (22413/22413) done
$ git version
git version 1.5.2.1
I don't use Debian, sorry.
Nicolas
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