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Re: Why can't I push from a shallow clone?

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Fredrik Gustafsson <iveqy@iveqy.com>
Date
Jul 26, 2013, 06:55 UTC
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On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 07:33:16PM -0700, Gulshan Singh wrote:
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> I've been trying to figure out why I can't push from a shallow clone
> (using --depth) to a repository. I've made simple examples where it
> works, but I've read that in doesn't work in every case. However, I
> can't come up with a case where it doesn't work. Googling gives this
> answer: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6900103/why-cant-i-push-from-a-shallow-clone,
> but I don't completely understand the explanation, so I was hoping
> someone could explain it.

I can't explain it better than what Junio did in the link you just provide. However there's ongoing work to allow shallow clones to be able to push. You can read about it here: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/230612/focus=230878

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  3. Gulshan SinghJul 26, 2013
  4. Philip OakleyJul 26, 2013
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