From: Johannes Schindelin Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2008 22:46:12 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] INSTALL: git-merge no longer uses cpio Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20080206070353.6559.qmail@2b033f98573ecd.315fe32.mid.smarden.org> Hi, On Wed, 6 Feb 2008, Gerrit Pape wrote: > Since a64d7784e830b3140e7d0f2b45cb3d8fafb84cca git merge doesn't use cpio > anymore, adapt the documentation. $ git grep cpio | cut -c1-60 INSTALL: - "cpio" is used by git-merge for saving and restor git-clone.sh: find objects -depth -print | cpio -pumd$l "$G git-gui/Makefile:INSTALL_A1 = | cpio -pud git-gui/Makefile: INSTALL_A1 = && echo ' ' INSTALL ' ' ` So it seems that git-clone still relies on it. Ciao, Dscho