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Re: git clone --bare doesn't create refs/heads/*?

From
Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org>
Date
Jan 29, 2009, 14:40 UTC
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On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 10:36:26PM +0800, Tay Ray Chuan <rctay89@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hmm, no, --mirror adds extra remote tracking information.
> 
> Quoting the git-clone man page:
> 
> "...the branch heads at the remote are copied directly..."
> 
> which is to say, git clone --bare isn't doing what it's supposed to do.
> 
> that said, i'm not too sure about this, hence this thread.
Ah, packed refs. :)

See man git-pack-refs, git clone uses it to pack refs after a clone. They are still in the 'packed-refs' file.

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