If I make a recursive linux copy, "cp -rfp", of a git repo working tree is the resulting copy interchangeable with the original? e.g. /orig-wk-tree was created via git-clone with the file:/// url and therefore is a "full copy" cp -rfp /orig-wk-tree /orig-wk-tree-copy (do some stuff that breaks /orig-wk-tree) rm -rf /orig-wk-tree mv /orig-wk-tree-copy /orig-wk-tree Have I truly recovered the full integrity of the original, or have I unwittingly introduced some sort of corruption? v/r, Neal -- 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