Cloning empty repositories, was Re: What is the idea for bare repositories?

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Nov 12, 2007, 16:34 UTC
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0711121624330.4362@racer.site>
In-Reply-To: <200711121719.54146.wielemak@science.uva.nl>

Hi,

On Mon, 12 Nov 2007, Jan Wielemaker wrote:

> I found out that cloning a empty bare repository produces nothing at 
> all, [...]

If they are empty, what exactly do you mean to clone?

Ciao, Dscho

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