Re: What's the best way to push/fetch replace refs?

From: Slawomir Testowy <slawomir.testowy@gmail.com>
Date: Jan 2, 2012, 06:16 UTC
Message-ID: <CAA61mJjCKJYAifD3DihAg+pH4Q0Z9y26n3P5KBBy09n-wK9LXg@mail.gmail.com>
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2011/12/30 Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com>:

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> On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 12:59 PM, Slawomir Testowy
> <slawomir.testowy@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> # I also added "fetch = +refs/replace/*:refs/replace/*" to [remote
>> "origin"] in "b" and this also seems to work.
>
> Yeah, the simplest is probably to just add "fetch =
> +refs/replace/*:refs/replace/*" to the remote(s) you want to get the
> replace refs from, and "push = +refs/replace/*:refs/replace/*" to the
> remote(s) you want to push the replace refs to.
>
> Regards,
> Christian.

Thanks Christian, I thought maybe there is some magic "git clone --get-also-replace-refs" or something. I'm asking because I'm about to tell people how to clone my repository and some of them don't know Git at all so I wanted to find out the simplest/best way to fetch replace refs.

Thanks.