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Re: [PATCH] Dissociating a repository from its alternates

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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Feb 15, 2007, 15:39 UTC
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<Pine.LNX.4.63.0702151638130.22628@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>
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Hi,
On Wed, 14 Feb 2007, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> People often start out with "clone -l -s" (or --reference) and
> later wish to dissociate the repository from its alternates.

Why not make a really dumb script which just _copies_ (or maybe optionally hard link) the objects from the alternate repo, and then kills the alternatives file? That should be easier. You always can repack after that.

Ciao, Dscho

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