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Re: simple use case scenario for --read-tree and --write-tree with --prefix option

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Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz>
Date
Jun 19, 2006, 13:53 UTC
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<20060619135343.GP2609@pasky.or.cz>
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<cc723f590606190058w2d7481ecsaded46095aee2355@mail.gmail.com>

Dear diary, on Mon, Jun 19, 2006 at 09:58:31AM CEST, I got a letter where Aneesh Kumar <aneesh.kumar@gmail.com> said that...

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> cd test
> 
> kvaneesh@satan:/tmp/test$ git read-tree --prefix=test1/ $(cat
> test1/.git/refs/heads/master)
> fatal: failed to unpack tree object c6c049d03f0bee0ac546ff6e436d5f6f3a5f4864
> 
> But the above command doesn't work for me. I guess i am missing something.
You need to do a fetch to your /tmp/test repository first.
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				Petr "Pasky" Baudis
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  1. Aneesh KumarJun 19, 2006
  2. Junio C HamanoJun 19, 2006
  3. Aneesh KumarJun 19, 2006
  4. Petr BaudisJun 19, 2006
  5. Aneesh KumarJun 19, 2006

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