On Tue, 17 Oct 2006 13:45:31 +0200 Jakub Narebski <jnareb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Git cannot do that remotely (with exception of git-tar-tree/git-archive > which has --remote option), yet. But you can get contents of a file > (with "git cat-file -p [<revision>:|:<stage>:]<filename>"), list > directory (with "git ls-tree <tree-ish>") and compare files or > directories (git diff family of commands) without need for working > directory. Interesting, I didn't know about the --remote option. So in fact as long as the remote has enabled upload-tar then anyone can do a "light checkout". However, it appears that kernel.org for instance doesn't enable this feature. Sean - 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