From: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 21:08:02 GMT
Subject: Re: 'git clone' doesn't use alternates automatically?
Message-ID: <m3tz7fw5ek.fsf@localhost.localdomain>
In-Reply-To: <885649360901311208s4bc17ae3me2062b07b302291e@mail.gmail.com>

James Pickens <jepicken@gmail.com> writes:

> So, is there any reason 'git clone' shouldn't automatically use
> the alternates that it copied into the new repository?  I might
> look into writing a patch if nobody objects.

Alternates are fragile with respect to garbage collecting in the
repository you borrow objects from.

-- 
Jakub Narebski
Poland
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