Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> writes: > On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 04:45:44PM -0400, Avery Pennarun wrote: > > > Is there a quick alternative to the following? > > > > mkdir myproj > > cd myproj > > git init > > git fetch git://whatever master > > git checkout -b master FETCH_HEAD > > > > Basically, the above is a lot like 'git clone' but only clones the > > 'master' branch. For really big projects with lots of junk in other > > branches, the above can save a lot of bandwidth. > > No, AFAIK there isn't a simpler way to do it. But it is something people > have asked about before, so I think it would be a nice addition. > > You can't even use "git remote" because it doesn't allow you to tweak > the refspecs you add. [...] It doesn't? Strange, I thought that is what '-t <branch>' option for "git remote add" for ;-)))) -- Jakub Narebski Poland ShadeHawk on #git -- To unsubscribe from this list: 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