On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 8:54 AM, Björn Steinbrink <B.Steinbrink@xxxxxx> wrote: >> So literally, if you do >> >> git clone <cntral-repo-over-network> <local> > > Hum, I guess I'm just missing something and prepare to get flamed, but > wouldn't you want that one to be bare? Otherwise, the other clones won't > see all of the original repo's branches, right? Yes, that's why git clone --reference /path/to/fat/checkout/.git/ <central-repo> is far better. Each "thin" checkout sees the central repo normally, but they borrow the object store from the referenced local "fat" checkout. cheers, m -- martin.langhoff@xxxxxxxxx martin@xxxxxxxxxx -- School Server Architect - ask interesting questions - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff -- 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
