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Re: [kernel.org users] [RFC] "clone --naked"?

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Jan 17, 2006, 08:17 UTC
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"Ulrich Windl" <ulrich.windl@rz.uni-regensburg.de> writes:
> ...  My original intention was that I
> thought them to be little descriptive regarding their
> function.  You seem to have "--bare" and "--naked". Hard to
> guess what they really do.

True. "A repository without an associated working tree". I do not know a short and sweet phrase to describe that (well, except "bare" and "naked", which I kind of already got used to).

Whatever word we choose to describe that, it should go to the glossary document.

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  1. Junio C HamanoJan 16, 2006
  2. Arjan van de VenJan 16, 2006
  3. Linus TorvaldsJan 16, 2006
  4. Ulrich WindlJan 17, 2006
  5. Junio C HamanoJan 17, 2006
  6. Ulrich WindlJan 17, 2006
  7. Andreas EricssonJan 17, 2006

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