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Re: Completion message for git-clone?

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IDIan Dees <undees@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 8, 2008, 16:23 UTC
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Hi, all.
Thanks, Jeff and Jakub, for the clarifications.
Jakub writes:
> Nevertheless git-clone waits to be rewritten in C anyway, so
> there is no much initiative to improve shell version

I agree with you. If it's about to be replaced, there's not much point in making a wording change to the shell script.

> Perhaps git should check if there is anything to clone _before_
> git-init, or do not remove empty directory after failing to fetch.

I'm not sure that's necessary, as long as that new message is there in 1.5.4. I'll hang tight for my distro to pick it up.

--Ian
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  1. Ian DeesFeb 8, 2008
  2. Jeff KingFeb 8, 2008
  3. Jakub NarebskiFeb 8, 2008
  4. Ian DeesFeb 8, 2008

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