From: Daniel Villeneuve <daniel2villeneuve@videotron.ca>
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2009 13:54:17 GMT
Subject: Re: How to stop sharing objects between repositories
Message-ID: <4A880F89.3060702@videotron.ca>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0908161429590.8306@pacific.mpi-cbg.de>

Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> Hmm.  I really would like a documentation patch, then.
>
>   
As another way to do it, I've used something along the lines from
    http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/62062
namely:

<script>
gitdir=$(git rev-parse --git-dir)
[ -n "$gitdir" ] || die "cannot find Git directory"

cd "$gitdir"
a=objects/info/alternates
if [ -f $a ]; then
  git rev-parse --all HEAD | git pack-objects --revs objects/pack/pack
  rm $a
fi
</script>

I was not sure HEAD would be included via --all (e.g. HEAD pointing to a 
dangling commit), so I added it explicitly.

The reverse operation (enabling sharing for a standalone repository) is 
described here
    
http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/GitFaq#Howtoshareobjectsbetweenexistingrepositories.3F

--
Daniel