From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 15:02:46 GMT
Subject: Re: Git Clone Parameter
Message-ID: <7vzjtiy4mh.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <51E94025.3090802@viscovery.net>

Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net> writes:

> Am 7/19/2013 11:21, schrieb Allan Acheampong:
>> Something like 'git clone <theRepo> -createLocalBranchesForAllBranches'
>
> Perhaps:
>
> $ git clone theRepo
> $ git fetch origin refs/heads/*:refs/heads/*
>
> (untested). There may be ways to write the same shorter, but I've lost
> track of what is and what is not possible in refspec.

That would overwrite your local branch and would not give you any
tracking, no?