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

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Nov 12, 2007, 17:15 UTC
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0711121715090.4362@racer.site>
In-Reply-To: <vpq3avbv2ju.fsf@bauges.imag.fr>

Hi,

On Mon, 12 Nov 2007, Matthieu Moy wrote:

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> Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
> 
> > 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?
> 
> I'd expect an empty repository, with the git remote configured 
> correctly.

Yeah, right.

Last time I checked, those geneticists did not clone thin air. They always waited until they had something to clone.

Ciao, Dscho

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