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Re: [PATCH 1/2] clone: Add an option to set up a mirror

From
Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org>
Date
Aug 1, 2008, 14:27 UTC
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<20080801142732.GS32057@genesis.frugalware.org>
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On Fri, Aug 01, 2008 at 04:00:45PM +0200, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
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> 
> The command line
> 
> 	$ git clone --mirror $URL
> 
> is now a short-hand for
> 
> 	$ git clone --bare $URL
> 	$ (cd $(basename $URL) && git remote add --mirror origin $URL)

Funny, someone asked exactly this on #git yesterday (IIRC), but we ended up using clone & remote, since I didn't find clone --mirror in the man. ;-)

Thanks!
Previous: Bert WesargNext: Junio C Hamano
Message 5 of 9 in “clone: Add an option to set up a mirror”
  1. 1/2 clone: Add an option to set up a mirrorJohannes Schindelin, Aug 1, 2008
  2. 2/2 clone --bare: Add ".git" suffix to the directory name to clone intoJohannes Schindelin, Aug 1, 2008
  3. Marcus GriepAug 1, 2008
  4. Bert WesargAug 1, 2008
  5. Miklos VajnaAug 1, 2008
  6. Junio C HamanoAug 2, 2008
  7. clone: Add an option to set up a mirrorJohannes Schindelin, Aug 2, 2008
  8. Johannes SchindelinAug 2, 2008
  9. Junio C HamanoAug 2, 2008

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