Re: clone breaks replace

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On Fri, Jan 07, 2011 at 02:58:34PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
> >   2. Should clone fetch refs from refs/replace (either by default, or
> >      with an option)?
> > ...
> > Which leads to the second question. It is basically a matter of saying
> > "do you want to fetch the view that upstream has"? I can definitely see
> > that being useful, and meriting an option. However, it may or may not be
> > worth turning on by default, as upstream's view may be confusing.
> 
> I think that should be stated a bit differently.  "Do you want to fetch
> the view that the upstream offers as an option, and if you want, which
> ones (meaning: there could be more than one replacement grafts to give
> different views)?"

Sure, I think that is a sane way for the user to think about it, but do
we actually support multiple views? I thought replacement objects were
all or nothing.

-Peff
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