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

From: Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>
Date: Nov 12, 2007, 17:33 UTC
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.0.9999.0711121231150.21255@xanadu.home>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0711121715090.4362@racer.site>

On Mon, 12 Nov 2007, Johannes Schindelin wrote:

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> Hi,
> 
> On Mon, 12 Nov 2007, Matthieu Moy wrote:
> 
> > 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.

But we're not geneticists, and I think the above usage should "just work (tm)".

Nicolas