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Re: Multiple checkouts of the same repository

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MMMatt McCutchen <hashproduct+git@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 1, 2006, 19:14 UTC
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On 10/1/06, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
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> A better method is to use a local clone:
>
>         git-clone --local --shared A  B
>
> Such a clone will be very fast, and cheap, because it sets up links (not
> just symbolic links, but links that git understands).

But that gives me two separate repositories, so I have to push and pull to keep them in sync, which is a pain.

I symlinked only the top-level things in .git, not the individual files inside them. That is to say, B/.git/objects is a symlink to A/.git/objects, B/.git/refs is a symlink to A/.git/refs, etc. In fact, this is necessary for A to see objects and refs written through B.

Matt
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  1. Matt McCutchenOct 1, 2006
  2. Johannes SchindelinOct 1, 2006
  3. Matt McCutchenOct 1, 2006
  4. Johannes SchindelinOct 1, 2006
  5. Matt McCutchenOct 1, 2006
  6. Johannes SchindelinOct 2, 2006
  7. Daniel BarkalowOct 3, 2006
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