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Re: Copying Git repository from Linux to Windows.

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Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>
Date
Jun 16, 2011, 08:50 UTC
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Am 6/16/2011 5:33, schrieb viresh kumar:
> And i wanted just linux source on windows, i will not be creating any patches from
> windows. Just needed code for reference.

If you only want to peek into the files, you don't need the files checked out. Just have them in a bare repository and use, e.g.,

  git show master:mm/vmalloc.c

You can also use a sparse checkout to omit the questionable files from the checkout. See man git-read-tree.

-- Hannes
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  16. Phil HordJun 20, 2011
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