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Stefan Näwe <stefan.naewe@atlas-elektronik.com>
Date
Jun 28, 2013, 11:59 UTC
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<51CD7AB7.3040409@atlas-elektronik.com>
Hi there!

Is there any reason why 'git clone -b' only takes a branch (from refs/heads/) or a tag (from refs/tags/) ?

Background: At $dayjob we're using some kind of 'hidden' refs (in refs/releases/)
to communicate between the 'branch integrator' (who creates the ref in refs/releases/)
and the 'build master' who wants to build that ref. 
It would be a little easier if the build master could simply say
  git clone -b refs/releases/the-release-for-today URL
instead of: git clone... ; cd ... ; git fetch... ; git checkout....
Any answer or even a better idea to solve that is appreciated.
Stefan
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