On 2017-09-23 10:22, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > reading "man git-clone", and i understand the mechanics of the local > protocol, so that if i run: > > $ git clone /path/to/repo > > then "files under .git/objects/ directory are hardlinked to save space > when possible." > > but if the repo is in a separate filesystem, or on an NFS mount, > hardlinks clearly won't work, so what happens then? does it default > all the way back to regular copies? is there no intermediate symlink > feature that would still work? (i suspect i am far from the first > person to wonder this.) > > rday > Isn't that what "--reference" is good for ? https://git-scm.com/docs/git-clone or man git-clone PS: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Does not work from web.de