From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 16:45:57 GMT
Subject: Re: fetching a single commit from remote repo
Message-ID: <alpine.LSU.1.00.0802101644540.11591@racer.site>
In-Reply-To: <1530970.y9vPlhFxz8@yoush.homelinux.org>

Hi,

On Sun, 10 Feb 2008, Nikita V. Youshchenko wrote:

> I'm looking for a way to fetch a single snapshot, without history, from
> remote git repository.
> 
> I've found how to do it with a head (clone --depth 1, or fetch --depth 1).
> 
> Is it possible to do the same with non-head and non-tagged commit, if only
> sha1 name of the commit is known?
> Looks like fetch and fetch-pack only take ref names :(

Yes, for security reasons.  If you pushed some code you were not allowed 
to push, you have to have a way to undo the error by force-rewinding.

Ciao,
Dscho