From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2009 01:38:40 GMT
Subject: Re: 'git clone' doesn't use alternates automatically?
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In-Reply-To: <885649360901311732t6e4f8651p6c3955f018b9a36c@mail.gmail.com>

James Pickens <jepicken@gmail.com> writes:

> ...  Sounds like I have no choice
> but to use --reference for that.

As --reference was invented exactly for that use case, I think using it to
instruct where to borrow your object from is a very sensible thing to do.