> -----Original Message----- > From: Johannes Schindelin [mailto:Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx] > Sent: den 10 oktober 2007 21:35 > To: Joakim Tjernlund > Cc: git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [FEATURE REQUEST] git clone, just clone selected > branches? > > Hi, > > On Wed, 10 Oct 2007, Joakim Tjernlund wrote: > > > To my knowlede a git clone always clones all branches from > the remote > > repo. I would like the possibly to clone selected branches, like > > git clone <repo URL> -b master -b upstream > > which will only fetch the master and upstream branch. > > > > I know I can use git remote to do this, but it is a bit clumsy when > > starting a new repo. > > This is why I suggest: since it is an itch of yours, just fix > it. You are > in the prime position to know when you're satisfied. > > As a hint how to start: Junio dreamt of a git-clone which is a tiny > wrapper around git-fetch and git-remote. > > So you could start by writing a script which would be a > replacement for > git-clone.sh, and there you can also include the support for > -b that you > would like so much. > > It would be nice, though, to keep this in separate patches, > which you then > submit to this list. > > Thank you, > Dscho Thank you for these words of visdom, I should know better than to throw out ideas like this. Next time I have an suggestion I will think long and hard about it before posting again. Jocke - 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
