From: Johannes Schindelin Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2007 10:48:10 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] add --remote option to git-clone. Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <7vmz3xmju9.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> Hi, On Thu, 1 Feb 2007, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Johannes Schindelin writes: > > > On Fri, 2 Feb 2007, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > > ... > >> One can always get more branches later, is my approach. > > > > Yes. But in the same vein, one can add _one_ branch to an empty repo > > either. So, with your reasoning, your patch wouldn't be needed to begin > > with. > > Indeed. > > > But I find it useful. Even the version where you are not limited to one > > branch. > > I am not against the general idea of tracking a subset of > branches, but issues include: > > [explains why git-remote is a better place for this] Seeing your patch to git-remote, it feels more natural, too. Especially since that (or which? :-D) does not give the term "clone" a Microsoft'esque completely new meaning. Ciao, Dscho