Re: Cloning empty repositories, was Re: What is the idea for bare repositories?

From: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
Date: Nov 13, 2007, 22:56 UTC
Message-ID: <85abph4uw2.fsf@lola.goethe.zz>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0711122212540.4362@racer.site>

Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

> If Alice and Bob clone from an empty repository, and both work on it,
> there is _no way_ that they can have a common ancestor[*].  Hence, an
> empty clone _would_ be a cause of that condition.

So where is the problem with that?

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum

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