The file at issue is fahlib.git and is a library needed by the foldingathome project to be installed locally. I have no idea of the git file's contents yet. On Thu, 23 Apr 2020, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 18:07:50 > From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: unpacking git files > > Tim here. > > I'm not sure what sort of "git file" you have. If it's a "bundle", > you can pull from it as if it was an upstream project: > > git clone your_repo.bundle repo > > to create a local directory called "repo" and clone that bundle into > it. > > If it's just a pack file from inside the .git/ folder from another > repo, there's no telling what may or may not be in there (okay, one > can spelunk in there, but you lose a lot of the metadata that is > elswhere in the folder such as branch-heads/names, and any commits > that weren't part of the pack-file) > > -tim > > On April 23, 2020, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > > If you download a git file how is it possible to have git unpack > > the file for you into its own directory tree? > > I failed to write my git credentials in braille and haven't used > > them for a very long time so may be able to get a git file using > > wget but for now I don't know how to unpack the file. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list mailing list > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > -- _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list