Re: Cloning empty repositories, was Re: What is the idea for bare repositories?

From: Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@imag.fr>
Date: Nov 12, 2007, 16:41 UTC
Message-ID: <vpq3avbv2ju.fsf@bauges.imag.fr>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0711121624330.4362@racer.site>

Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

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> Hi,
>
> On Mon, 12 Nov 2007, Jan Wielemaker wrote:
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>> I found out that cloning a empty bare repository produces nothing at 
>> all, [...]
>
> If they are empty, what exactly do you mean to clone?

I'd expect an empty repository, with the git remote configured correctly.

I already mentionned this here (but didn't take time to write a patch), a typical use-case is when I want to create a new project. I'd like to initialize an empty bare repo on my backed up disk, and then clone it to my local-fast-unreliable disk to get a working copy and do the first commit there.

Currently, I have to create both independantly, and configure the remote myself. Not terrible, but not conveinient either ;-).

-- 
Matthieu