On Tue, 21 Feb 2006 20:38:42 +0100 Radoslaw Szkodzinski <astralstorm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I have a pecuilar, but common use case for git. It's not really that peculiar. > I have linux-2.6 repository pulled and I'd like to download some branch > (say, netdev-2.6), which uses many of the same objects, > but not to get all the objects from the git server. Just make sure you're not using the rsync protocol. Using the native git protocol would be best. > I've already tried certain commands, but still can't do it, > and my bandwidth isn't too happy about it. For instance, make sure your current linus repository is up to date with a "git pull" and then: git fetch \ git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/netdev-2.6.git \ upstream:netdev will take the "upstream" branch from the netdev repository and name it netdev in your local repository. Sean - : send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html