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Re: [PATCH] Remove references to git-fetch-pack from "git clone" documentation.

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Jul 26, 2008, 03:24 UTC
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<alpine.DEB.1.00.0807260523520.26810@eeepc-johanness>
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Hi,
On Fri, 25 Jul 2008, Steve Haslam wrote:
> "git clone" no longer calls "git-fetch-pack",

So it calls it internally, avoiding fork() and exec(). But the code is still git-fetch-pack's. The difference should be lost on the regular Git user.

Ciao, Dscho

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