From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2006 17:50:40 GMT
Subject: Re: git-clone --reference problem?
Message-ID: <7vmzecgozz.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <1145810080.16166.223.camel@shinybook.infradead.org>

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.