Re: git branch performance problem?

> > For cherrypicking convenience, I would still appreciate it if there was
> > a mechanism similar to alternates that would allow me to view objects
> > from an alternate repo; objects found through this mechanism should
> > never be assumed to be present in the database, of course.
>
> Silly question: why don't you just
>
>         git remote add -f other <url>
>
> and then review the changes with "git log", "git diff" and "git show"?