{"thread":{"id":"38743","subject":"Please consider adding a -f switch to git-clone (or something similar)","startedAt":"2015-03-07T21:54:25Z","lastAt":"2015-03-08T18:27:01Z","messageCount":7,"participants":["Diego Viola","Andreas Schwab","brian m. carlson","Kyle J. McKay"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"257239","messageId":"CA+ToGPEZN7TBcYF3o5YgbayjZ8WKok-fjTPeq5nbt2vAG1wDDQ@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"38743","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"Please consider adding a -f switch to git-clone (or something similar)","fromName":"Diego Viola","fromEmail":"diego.viola@gmail.com","sentAt":"2015-03-07T21:54:25Z","receivedAt":"2015-03-07T21:54:25Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"diego.viola@gmail.com","avatar":null},"body":"Hello,\n\nI was thinking about creating a new repository in my home dir so that I could\nkeep my dot files in it.\n\nHowever, I found that I can't do a `git clone url:user/repo.git .` in a\nnon-empty directory.\n\nIs there a possibility of implementing a -f switch to git-clone so that when I\nuse that, git would still clone the repo in the non-empty directory and keep the\nuntracked files untracked/unstaged? (just as if I copied files to the git repo).\n\nI know I could git-init in a empty directory and then copy the .git dir to the\nnon-empty directory as a workaround, but I like the idea of cloning better.\n\nMy C skills aren't that great or I would have sent a patch already.\n\nThanks,\n\nDiego\n"},{"id":"257240","messageId":"87d24kzbor.fsf@igel.home","threadId":"38743","inReplyTo":"CA+ToGPEZN7TBcYF3o5YgbayjZ8WKok-fjTPeq5nbt2vAG1wDDQ@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: Please consider adding a -f switch to git-clone (or something similar)","fromName":"Andreas Schwab","fromEmail":"schwab@linux-m68k.org","sentAt":"2015-03-07T22:26:28Z","receivedAt":"2015-03-07T22:26:28Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"schwab@linux-m68k.org","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2175493?v=4"},"body":"Diego Viola writes:\n\n> I know I could git-init in a empty directory\n\nYou can also git init a non-empty directory.\n\nAndreas.\n\n-- \nAndreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org\nGPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5\n\"And now for something completely different.\"\n"},{"id":"257241","messageId":"20150307225314.GC742348@vauxhall.crustytoothpaste.net","threadId":"38743","inReplyTo":"87d24kzbor.fsf@igel.home","subject":"Re: Please consider adding a -f switch to git-clone (or something similar)","fromName":"brian m. carlson","fromEmail":"sandals@crustytoothpaste.net","sentAt":"2015-03-07T22:53:14Z","receivedAt":"2015-03-07T22:53:14Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"sandals@crustytoothpaste.net","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/497054?v=4"},"body":"On Sat, Mar 07, 2015 at 11:26:28PM +0100, Andreas Schwab wrote:\n>Diego Viola writes:\n>\n>> I know I could git-init in a empty directory\n>\n>You can also git init a non-empty directory.\n\nI have a script to set up a new throwaway VM with my dotfiles using git.\nIt looks a bit like the following ($BRANCH != master):\n\n SSH=\"ssh $DEST\"\n \n $SSH \"cd; $GIT init\"\n git push --receive-pack=$GIT-receive-pack $DEST:~/.git $BRANCH\n $SSH \"\n $GIT pull . $BRANCH\n $GIT submodule update --init\n \"\n\nIt relies on the ability to git init a non-empty directory. $BRANCH can \nbe master if you use the new updateInstead functionality in git 2.3.0, \nand you can use git pull from a remote location instead of the push/pull \npair if that suits you better.\n-- \nbrian m. carlson / brian with sandals: Houston, Texas, US\n+1 832 623 2791 | http://www.crustytoothpaste.net/~bmc | My opinion only\nOpenPGP: RSA v4 4096b: 88AC E9B2 9196 305B A994 7552 F1BA 225C 0223 B187\n"},{"id":"257255","messageId":"CA+ToGPHOM9mu_ng4wVc7QUGyvf09y=nDjE32oSh9JzKbpbzN2Q@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"38743","inReplyTo":"87d24kzbor.fsf@igel.home","subject":"Re: Please consider adding a -f switch to git-clone (or something similar)","fromName":"Diego Viola","fromEmail":"diego.viola@gmail.com","sentAt":"2015-03-08T00:02:26Z","receivedAt":"2015-03-08T00:02:26Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"diego.viola@gmail.com","avatar":null},"body":"Sorry, I wanted to say: I know I can git-clone in a empty directory\nand then move the files over to $HOME.\n\nI know I can git init in a non-empty directory. :-)\n\nThanks,\n\nDiego\n\nOn Sat, Mar 7, 2015 at 7:26 PM, Andreas Schwab wrote:\n> Diego Viola writes:\n>\n>> I know I could git-init in a empty directory\n>\n> You can also git init a non-empty directory.\n>\n> Andreas.\n>\n> --\n> Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org\n> GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5\n> \"And now for something completely different.\"\n"},{"id":"257257","messageId":"CA+ToGPFSbOjfd5gJg+r-7WkwMB=m=4sOupaZo1WUn+O0bxAAXw@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"38743","inReplyTo":"CA+ToGPHOM9mu_ng4wVc7QUGyvf09y=nDjE32oSh9JzKbpbzN2Q@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: Please consider adding a -f switch to git-clone (or something similar)","fromName":"Diego Viola","fromEmail":"diego.viola@gmail.com","sentAt":"2015-03-08T01:53:13Z","receivedAt":"2015-03-08T01:53:13Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"diego.viola@gmail.com","avatar":null},"body":"Something like this is the scenario I'm talking about:\n\n$ mkdir non-empty-dir\n$ cd non-empty-dir\n$ touch foo bar baz\n$ git clone -f url:user/dotfiles.git .\n$ git status\nOn branch master\nYour branch is up-to-date with 'origin/master'.\nUntracked files:\n (use \"git add ...\" to include in what will be committed)\n\n bar\n baz\n foo\n\nnothing added to commit but untracked files present (use \"git add\" to track)\n\n\nOn Sat, Mar 7, 2015 at 9:02 PM, Diego Viola wrote:\n> Sorry, I wanted to say: I know I can git-clone in a empty directory\n> and then move the files over to $HOME.\n>\n> I know I can git init in a non-empty directory. :-)\n>\n> Thanks,\n>\n> Diego\n>\n> On Sat, Mar 7, 2015 at 7:26 PM, Andreas Schwab wrote:\n>> Diego Viola writes:\n>>\n>>> I know I could git-init in a empty directory\n>>\n>> You can also git init a non-empty directory.\n>>\n>> Andreas.\n>>\n>> --\n>> Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org\n>> GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5\n>> \"And now for something completely different.\"\n"},{"id":"257258","messageId":"569EEC82-664C-48A7-990D-BFCDB7D78D16@gmail.com","threadId":"38743","inReplyTo":"CA+ToGPFSbOjfd5gJg+r-7WkwMB=m=4sOupaZo1WUn+O0bxAAXw@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: Please consider adding a -f switch to git-clone (or something similar)","fromName":"Kyle J. McKay","fromEmail":"mackyle@gmail.com","sentAt":"2015-03-08T02:32:47Z","receivedAt":"2015-03-08T02:32:47Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"mackyle@gmail.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/813346?v=4"},"body":"On Mar 7, 2015, at 17:53, Diego Viola wrote:\n> Something like this is the scenario I'm talking about:\n>\n> $ mkdir non-empty-dir\n> $ cd non-empty-dir\n> $ touch foo bar baz\n> $ git clone -f url:user/dotfiles.git .\n> $ git status\n> On branch master\n> Your branch is up-to-date with 'origin/master'.\n> Untracked files:\n> (use \"git add ...\" to include in what will be committed)\n>\n> bar\n> baz\n> foo\n>\n> nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use \"git add\" \n> to track)\n\nHave you considered using an alias?\n\ngit config --global alias.irfc \\\n '!sh -c '\\''git init && git remote add origin \"$1\" && git fetch && \ngit checkout \"${2:-master}\"'\\'' sh'\n\n(You'll likely have to carefully unwrap that line above.)\n\nThen you get\n\n git irfc []\n\nwhere defaults to master.\nSo your scenario would become just:\n\n\n\n$ mkdir non-empty-dir\n$ cd non-empty-dir\n$ touch foo bar baz\n$ git irfc url:user/dotfiles.git\n$ git status\nOn branch master\nYour branch is up-to-date with 'origin/master'.\nUntracked files:\n (use \"git add ...\" to include in what will be committed)\n\n bar\n baz\n foo\n\nnothing added to commit but untracked files present (use \"git add\" to \ntrack)\n\n\n-Kyle\n\nP.S. irfc = init, remote, fetch, checkout. But do make up a better \nname. :)\n"},{"id":"257335","messageId":"CA+ToGPFZ3JUZJJch03Cc=r7oRj_CKaBwMFCnG0y8XGT6RJYZ2A@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"38743","inReplyTo":"569EEC82-664C-48A7-990D-BFCDB7D78D16@gmail.com","subject":"Re: Please consider adding a -f switch to git-clone (or something similar)","fromName":"Diego Viola","fromEmail":"diego.viola@gmail.com","sentAt":"2015-03-08T18:27:01Z","receivedAt":"2015-03-08T18:27:01Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"diego.viola@gmail.com","avatar":null},"body":"Kyle,\n\nThanks, I suppose that works well enough for my needs. I wasn't aware\nthat aliases were that flexible in git.\n\nI also have no problem to git-init and do all the other steps manually.\n\nThanks,\n\nDiego\n\nOn Sat, Mar 7, 2015 at 11:32 PM, Kyle J. McKay wrote:\n> On Mar 7, 2015, at 17:53, Diego Viola wrote:\n>>\n>> Something like this is the scenario I'm talking about:\n>>\n>> $ mkdir non-empty-dir\n>> $ cd non-empty-dir\n>> $ touch foo bar baz\n>> $ git clone -f url:user/dotfiles.git .\n>> $ git status\n>> On branch master\n>> Your branch is up-to-date with 'origin/master'.\n>> Untracked files:\n>> (use \"git add ...\" to include in what will be committed)\n>>\n>> bar\n>> baz\n>> foo\n>>\n>> nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use \"git add\" to\n>> track)\n>\n>\n> Have you considered using an alias?\n>\n> git config --global alias.irfc \\\n> '!sh -c '\\''git init && git remote add origin \"$1\" && git fetch && git\n> checkout \"${2:-master}\"'\\'' sh'\n>\n> (You'll likely have to carefully unwrap that line above.)\n>\n> Then you get\n>\n> git irfc []\n>\n> where defaults to master.\n> So your scenario would become just:\n>\n>\n>\n> $ mkdir non-empty-dir\n> $ cd non-empty-dir\n> $ touch foo bar baz\n> $ git irfc url:user/dotfiles.git\n> $ git status\n> On branch master\n> Your branch is up-to-date with 'origin/master'.\n> Untracked files:\n> (use \"git add ...\" to include in what will be committed)\n>\n> bar\n> baz\n> foo\n>\n> nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use \"git add\" to track)\n>\n>\n> -Kyle\n>\n> P.S. irfc = init, remote, fetch, checkout. But do make up a better name. :)\n"}]}