Re: git clone of empty repositories doesn't preserve hash

From: Adam Majer <adamm@zombino.com>
Date: Apr 5, 2023, 19:47 UTC
Message-ID: <d04c430e-b609-b0a1-fd0f-0f3734d5c3b1@zombino.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqr0syw3pe.fsf@gitster.g>

On 4/5/23 21:04, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> Does such a clone copy the name of the primary branch from the
> remote repository to the newly created repository?

Yes it does.

# git init -b maestro --object-format=sha256 a # git clone a b # cat b/.git/HEAD ref: refs/heads/maestro

- Adam

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