From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 14:11:27 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Use the alternates of the source repository for dissociating clone
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.00.1510151609280.31610@s15462909.onlinehome-server.info>
In-Reply-To: <561F8DE9.4040703@cetitec.com>

Hi Alex,

On Thu, 15 Oct 2015, Alexander Riesen wrote:

> The "--dissociate" option required reference repositories, which sometimes
> demanded a look into the objects/info/alternates by the user. As this
> is something which can be figured out automatically, do it in the
> clone unless there is no other reference repositories.

Would it not make sense to reuse the copy_alternates() function to simply
copy the alternates and let `--dissociate` run its course with the copied
.objects/info/alternate file? That would make for less new code...

Ciao,
Dscho