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Re: git clone -b

From
Stefan Näwe <stefan.naewe@atlas-elektronik.com>
Date
Jul 2, 2013, 06:35 UTC
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Am 01.07.2013 18:46, schrieb Junio C Hamano:
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> Stefan Näwe <stefan.naewe@atlas-elektronik.com> writes:
> 
>>> Is there any reason why 'git clone -b' only takes a branch (from refs/heads/)
>>> or a tag (from refs/tags/) ?
> 
> Because they are common enough, and doing the same for an arbitrary
> object is just as easy to do something like:
> 
> 	git clone -n
>         git checkout $an_arbitrary_commit_object_name^0
OK. I wasn't aware of '-n' for 'git clone'. Thanks.
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> 
>>> 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. 
> 
> While I wasn't paying much attention to this, I vaguely recall that
> people pointed out that using a fresh clone every time may not be
> what you want to do in the first place, and I happen to agree with
> them (and that is why I am not very much interested in this topic).
 
As I said: We'd be using 'git archive --remote...' if that was
submodule-aware.
Thanks,
  Stefan
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