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Re: suggestion: store the URL somewhere in .git/

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Aug 22, 2005, 20:18 UTC
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<Pine.LNX.4.63.0508222217310.695@wgmdd8.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>
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<430A30C8.3080908@linuxmachines.com>
Hi,
On Mon, 22 Aug 2005, Jeff Carr wrote:
> It would be nice if the URL could be stored somewhere in .git/ This
> makes it a lot easier to update repositories because you don't always
> have to go and track down where you got it in the first place.
This is why your original target (when you clone) is stored as "origin".

Hth, Dscho

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