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Re: [PATCH] Documentation: Note about the meaning of "clone"

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VHVaclav Hanzl <hanzl@noel.feld.cvut.cz>
Date
Jun 15, 2008, 17:03 UTC
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<20080615.190304.41663135.hanzl@noel.feld.cvut.cz>
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<200806151505.27686.robin.rosenberg.lists@dewire.com>
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> +*NOTE*: Although this command is called clone, the clone is not identical
> +in all respects. Local branches in the repository being cloned
> +becomes remote tracking branches in the clone and remote tracking
> +branches are not cloned at all. For security reasone the config sections
> +and triggers are not cloned either.

In order to better specify what gets cloned and what does not, one might also replace "active branch" (under DESCRIPTION) with "current branch".

According to grep in Documentation/*.txt, "current branch" is used much more often than "active branch". Most frequent use of term "active branch" is found in git-fast-import.txt and it seems to mean something else there.

(The fact that tiny volatile detail - which branch happens to be checked out at the moment of clone - has profound influence on the result of clone was quite a surprise for me, so I would like to see this described as exactly as possible.)

Regards
Vaclav
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  1. Vaclav HanzlJun 14, 2008
  2. Jeff KingJun 14, 2008
  3. Vaclav HanzlJun 14, 2008
  4. Jakub NarebskiJun 14, 2008
  5. Vaclav HanzlJun 14, 2008
  6. Jakub NarebskiJun 14, 2008
  7. Lea WiemannJun 14, 2008
  8. Vaclav HanzlJun 14, 2008
  9. Junio C HamanoJun 14, 2008
  10. Vaclav HanzlJun 15, 2008
  11. Jakub NarebskiJun 14, 2008
  12. Jakub NarebskiJun 15, 2008
  13. Documentation: Note about the meaning of "clone"Robin Rosenberg, Jun 15, 2008
  14. Jakub NarebskiJun 15, 2008
  15. Wincent ColaiutaJun 15, 2008
  16. Vaclav HanzlJun 15, 2008
  17. Vaclav HanzlJun 15, 2008
  18. Miklos VajnaJun 15, 2008
  19. Junio C HamanoJun 15, 2008
  20. PATCH] cvsimport: Clarification on the use of -rRobin Rosenberg, Jun 15, 2008

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