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Re: git clone NonExistentLocation

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Stefan Naewe <stefan.naewe@atlas-elektronik.com>
Date
Feb 17, 2011, 12:52 UTC
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On 2/17/2011 1:39 PM, Michael J Gruber wrote:
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> 
> It is useful, and it even gives you a warning that it still might not be
> what you intended. Would be funny if it were accidental. Indeed, a git
> "log -S" on that warning reveals that it was introduced intentionally in
> 
> 86ac751 (Allow cloning an empty repository, 2009-01-23)

OK. But that's about 'cloning an empty repository'. 'NonExistentLocation' is not empty initially - it simply does not exist.

Contrast that to 'git clone http://url.does.not.exist'. You don't get an empty repository in 'url.does.not.exist' after running that.

Regards,
  Stefan
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