From: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 19:09:07 GMT
Subject: Re: Why is git clone not checking out files?
Message-ID: <20070130190907.GE26415@spearce.org>
In-Reply-To: <17855.38543.761930.929267@lisa.zopyra.com>

Bill Lear <rael@zopyra.com> wrote:
> % cd /repos/git/project
> % GIT_DIR=. git branch
>   topic
> 
> And then, tried it all again:
> 
> % cd ..
> % rm -rf project
> % mkdir project
> % cd project
> % git --bare clone --shared
> % GIT_DIR=. git fetch git://source/public/project

You did not ask for a tracking branch to be created.  So the
result of your fetch is in FETCH_HEAD only.  Try instead:

GIT_DIR=. git fetch git://source/public/project topic:refs/heads/master

-- 
Shawn.