Hi,
On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 11:49 PM, David Chanters
<david.chanters@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 15 September 2012 18:21, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Assuming that they do, pushing the replacement ref makes the
>> replacing object available in the pushed-into repository, so
>> they will *not* rely on your repository.
>
> This makes sense. But it is more the mechanics of what happens with
> needing to update the "fetch" line for the remote in .git/config I am
> more puzzled by.
>
> For example, if I have two repos -- repoA and repoB, where repoA
> contains the replace refs for repoB -- if I clone both repos with the
> intent of wanting to look at the two histories, what must I do in
> repoA to fetch the replace refs in the first place?
>
> I've tried:
>
> [remote "origin"]
> fetch =
> +refs/replace/*:+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*:refs/replace/*
Could you try the following:
[remote "origin"]
fetch = +refs/replace/*:refs/replace/*
fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
> But this results in:
>
> % git pull
> fatal: Invalid refspec
> '+refs/replace/*:+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*:refs/replace/*'
Best,
Christian.
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