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Re: [PATCH] Cogito: Support for implicit remote branches in cloned repositories

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Nov 7, 2005, 23:45 UTC
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Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz> writes:
> This loses the pretty nice property that 'origin' refers to the HEAD
> branch of the remote repository,...

I think the code actually honors what your HEAD points at; I did not go into that detail in the above description.

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>> *1* I say "by default" here; I think there should be an
>> operating mode for git clone that acts as a straight copy, not
>> even the current "HEAD" -> "origin" renaming.  In fact that is
>> what you do with low-level git-clone-pack.
>
> What would it be useful for?
Cheap back-up, Linus style.
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  1. Cogito: Support for implicit remote branches in cloned repositoriesJosef Weidendorfer, Nov 4, 2005
  2. Junio C HamanoNov 4, 2005
  3. Josef WeidendorferNov 4, 2005
  4. Petr BaudisNov 4, 2005
  5. Junio C HamanoNov 4, 2005
  6. Linus TorvaldsNov 4, 2005
  7. Junio C HamanoNov 6, 2005
  8. Petr BaudisNov 7, 2005
  9. Junio C HamanoNov 7, 2005
  10. Josef WeidendorferNov 8, 2005

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