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Re: Please consider adding a -f switch to git-clone (or something similar)

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DVDiego Viola <diego.viola@gmail.com>
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Mar 8, 2015, 00:02 UTC
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Sorry, I wanted to say: I know I can git-clone in a empty directory and then move the files over to $HOME.

I know I can git init in a non-empty directory. :-)
Thanks,
Diego
On Sat, Mar 7, 2015 at 7:26 PM, Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> wrote:
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> Diego Viola <diego.viola@gmail.com> writes:
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>> I know I could git-init in a empty directory
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> You can also git init a non-empty directory.
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> Andreas.
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> Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org
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  1. Diego ViolaMar 7, 2015
  2. Andreas SchwabMar 7, 2015
  3. brian m. carlsonMar 7, 2015
  4. Diego ViolaMar 8, 2015
  5. Diego ViolaMar 8, 2015
  6. Kyle J. McKayMar 8, 2015
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