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Re: git-clone --reference problem?

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Apr 23, 2006, 17:50 UTC
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David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org> writes:
> Should I expect cloning with alternates using '--reference' to be
> transitive?

Not with the current code and design, but a patch that cleanly does that can be considered for inclusion. Adjusting relative paths obtained from other repositories correctly, and avoiding circular alternates by mistake would be tricky, though.

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