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Re: how to reduce disk usage for large .git dirs?

From
Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Date
Nov 14, 2014, 15:06 UTC
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<20141114112428.GA12702@aepfle.de>
Olaf Hering <olaf@aepfle.de> writes:
> Even if I do a fresh clone with --bare, the result can not be updated
> anymore with git fetch. What I'm doing wrong?

A --bare clone has no connection to its origin (there are no remotes). You want a --mirror.

Andreas.
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