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[PATCH 2/2] clone: allow --no-local to turn off local optimizations

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
May 30, 2012, 11:10 UTC
Message-ID
<20120530111016.GB15550@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To
<20120530110305.GA13445@sigill.intra.peff.net>

This is basically the same as using "file://", but is a little less subtle for the end user. It also allows relative paths to be specified.

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
---
 Documentation/git-clone.txt |  4 +++-
 builtin/clone.c             | 10 +++++-----
 t/t5701-clone-local.sh      | 10 ++++++++++
 3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index 1d267f4..c1ddd4c 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ OPTIONS
 If the repository is specified as a local path (e.g., `/path/to/repo`),
 this is the default, and --local is essentially a no-op.  If the
 repository is specified as a URL, then this flag is ignored (and we
-never use the local optimizations).
+never use the local optimizations).  Specifying `--no-local` will
+override the default when `/path/to/repo` is given, using the regular
+git transport instead.
 +
 To force copying instead of hardlinking (which may be desirable if you
 are trying to make a back-up of your repository), but still avoid the
diff --git a/builtin/clone.c b/builtin/clone.c
index a4d8d25..7f3b982 100644
--- a/builtin/clone.c
+++ b/builtin/clone.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ static const char * const builtin_clone_usage[] = {
 };
 
 static int option_no_checkout, option_bare, option_mirror, option_single_branch = -1;
-static int option_local, option_no_hardlinks, option_shared, option_recursive;
+static int option_local = -1, option_no_hardlinks, option_shared, option_recursive;
 static char *option_template, *option_depth;
 static char *option_origin = NULL;
 static char *option_branch = NULL;
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ static struct option builtin_clone_options[] = {
 		PARSE_OPT_NOARG | PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN },
 	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "mirror", &option_mirror,
 		    "create a mirror repository (implies bare)"),
-	OPT_BOOLEAN('l', "local", &option_local,
-		    "to clone from a local repository"),
+	OPT_BOOL('l', "local", &option_local,
+		"to clone from a local repository"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "no-hardlinks", &option_no_hardlinks,
 		    "don't use local hardlinks, always copy"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('s', "shared", &option_shared,
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ static void copy_or_link_directory(struct strbuf *src, struct strbuf *dest,
 		if (!option_no_hardlinks) {
 			if (!link(src->buf, dest->buf))
 				continue;
-			if (option_local)
+			if (option_local > 0)
 				die_errno(_("failed to create link '%s'"), dest->buf);
 			option_no_hardlinks = 1;
 		}
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ int cmd_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		die(_("repository '%s' does not exist"), repo_name);
 	else
 		repo = repo_name;
-	is_local = path && !is_bundle;
+	is_local = option_local != 0 && path && !is_bundle;
 	if (is_local && option_depth)
 		warning(_("--depth is ignored in local clones; use file:// instead."));
 
diff --git a/t/t5701-clone-local.sh b/t/t5701-clone-local.sh
index c6feca4..2d6121f 100755
--- a/t/t5701-clone-local.sh
+++ b/t/t5701-clone-local.sh
@@ -124,4 +124,14 @@ test_expect_success 'cloning non-git directory fails' '
 	test_must_fail git clone not-a-git-repo not-a-git-repo-clone
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'cloning file:// does not hardlink' '
+	git clone --bare file://"$(pwd)"/a non-local &&
+	! repo_is_hardlinked non-local
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'cloning a local path with --no-local does not hardlink' '
+	git clone --bare --no-local a force-nonlocal &&
+	! repo_is_hardlinked force-nonlocal
+'
+
 test_done
-- 
1.7.11.rc0.12.g6048c92
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Message 14 of 19 in “clone --local fixes”
  1. 0/3 clone --local fixesJeff King, May 26, 2012
  2. 1/3 t5701: modernize styleJeff King, May 26, 2012
  3. 2/3 clone: make --local handle URLsJeff King, May 26, 2012
  4. Johannes SixtMay 28, 2012
  5. Jeff KingMay 28, 2012
  6. 3/3 clone: allow --no-local to turn off local optimizationsJeff King, May 26, 2012
  7. 4/3 clone: send diagnostic messages to stderrJeff King, May 26, 2012
  8. Junio C HamanoMay 27, 2012
  9. Jeff KingMay 28, 2012
  10. Junio C HamanoMay 29, 2012
  11. Jeff KingMay 30, 2012
  12. Jeff KingMay 30, 2012
  13. 1/2 docs/clone: mention that --local may be ignoredJeff King, May 30, 2012
  14. 2/2 clone: allow --no-local to turn off local optimizationsJeff King, May 30, 2012
  15. Junio C HamanoMay 30, 2012
  16. Jeff KingMay 30, 2012
  17. Junio C HamanoMay 30, 2012
  18. Jeff KingMay 30, 2012
  19. Junio C HamanoMay 30, 2012

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