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Re: Document clone of clone loosing branches?

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LWLea Wiemann <lewiemann@gmail.com>
Date
Jun 14, 2008, 14:44 UTC
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<20080614.150548.71104932.hanzl@noel.feld.cvut.cz>
Vaclav Hanzl wrote:
> with naive belief that clone is a 1:1 copy or something close,
> nasty surprise can happen:
I got bitten by that, too.  Perhaps the intro paragraph of git-clone.txt 
(man git-clone) could mention that remote branches are not cloned or so. 
  (I don't know git-clone well enough to be able to phrase it 
accurately, but perhaps someone else wants to send a documentation patch...)
-- Lea
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  1. Vaclav HanzlJun 14, 2008
  2. Jeff KingJun 14, 2008
  3. Vaclav HanzlJun 14, 2008
  4. Jakub NarebskiJun 14, 2008
  5. Vaclav HanzlJun 14, 2008
  6. Jakub NarebskiJun 14, 2008
  7. Lea WiemannJun 14, 2008
  8. Vaclav HanzlJun 14, 2008
  9. Junio C HamanoJun 14, 2008
  10. Vaclav HanzlJun 15, 2008
  11. Jakub NarebskiJun 14, 2008
  12. Jakub NarebskiJun 15, 2008
  13. Documentation: Note about the meaning of "clone"Robin Rosenberg, Jun 15, 2008
  14. Jakub NarebskiJun 15, 2008
  15. Wincent ColaiutaJun 15, 2008
  16. Vaclav HanzlJun 15, 2008
  17. Vaclav HanzlJun 15, 2008
  18. Miklos VajnaJun 15, 2008
  19. Junio C HamanoJun 15, 2008
  20. PATCH] cvsimport: Clarification on the use of -rRobin Rosenberg, Jun 15, 2008

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