Re: mirror git repos: rsync vs. --mirror

From: Robin H. Johnson <robbat2@gentoo.org>
Date: Mar 31, 2010, 03:05 UTC
Message-ID: <robbat2-20100331T030517-069108593Z@orbis-terrarum.net>
In-Reply-To: <t2r2e24e5b91003301844i6ea98c92j6dba55d916c841f5@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 07:14:46AM +0530, Sitaram Chamarty wrote:

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> On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 3:30 AM, Julian Phillips
> <julian@quantumfyre.co.uk> wrote:
> > On Tue, 30 Mar 2010 20:54:09 +0000, "Robin H. Johnson"
> > <robbat2@gentoo.org>
> 
> >> git clone --mirror && git fetch:
> 
> >> Caveats:
> >> - Branches and tags deleted in master persist in slaves :-(
> 
> > I don't think that fetch can do it, but "git remote prune origin" will.
> as of 1.7 at least, fetch has --prune, and I tested it yesterday when
> someone (same person?) asked this on #git

Wasn't me asking, but thanks, that helps lots!

Looks like it was added for v1.6.6.

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