# git clone --bare doesn't create refs/heads/*? 5 messages from 2009-01-29 to 2009-01-29. Participants: Tay Ray Chuan, Miklos Vajna. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/17435 ## Tay Ray Chuan, 2009-01-29 14:06 Subject: git clone --bare doesn't create refs/heads/*? Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/be6fef0d0901290606q25ad7c82ob250a5f89d4db0cf%40mail.gmail.com ``` Hi, just like to clarify a doubt of mine. afaik, a bare repository is just a copy of the .git folder of the cloned repository. why isn't any of its branches copied too? -- Cheers, Ray Chuan ``` ## Miklos Vajna, 2009-01-29 14:26 Subject: Re: git clone --bare doesn't create refs/heads/*? Message-ID: <20090129142657.GG21473@genesis.frugalware.org> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20090129142657.GG21473%40genesis.frugalware.org In-Reply-To: ``` On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 10:06:39PM +0800, Tay Ray Chuan wrote: > afaik, a bare repository is just a copy of the .git folder of the > cloned repository. why isn't any of its branches copied too? Maybe you're searching for git clone --mirror and not git clone --bare? ``` ## Tay Ray Chuan, 2009-01-29 14:36 Subject: Re: git clone --bare doesn't create refs/heads/*? Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/be6fef0d0901290636m5b472499mdf614841a06ec978%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: <20090129142657.GG21473@genesis.frugalware.org> ``` Hmm, no, --mirror adds extra remote tracking information. Quoting the git-clone man page: "...the branch heads at the remote are copied directly..." which is to say, git clone --bare isn't doing what it's supposed to do. that said, i'm not too sure about this, hence this thread. On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 10:26 PM, Miklos Vajna wrote: > On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 10:06:39PM +0800, Tay Ray Chuan wrote: >> afaik, a bare repository is just a copy of the .git folder of the >> cloned repository. why isn't any of its branches copied too? > > Maybe you're searching for git clone --mirror and not git clone --bare? > -- Cheers, Ray Chuan ``` ## Miklos Vajna, 2009-01-29 14:40 Subject: Re: git clone --bare doesn't create refs/heads/*? Message-ID: <20090129144036.GH21473@genesis.frugalware.org> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20090129144036.GH21473%40genesis.frugalware.org In-Reply-To: ``` [ Please don't top-post. ] On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 10:36:26PM +0800, Tay Ray Chuan wrote: > Hmm, no, --mirror adds extra remote tracking information. > > Quoting the git-clone man page: > > "...the branch heads at the remote are copied directly..." > > which is to say, git clone --bare isn't doing what it's supposed to do. > > that said, i'm not too sure about this, hence this thread. Ah, packed refs. :) See man git-pack-refs, git clone uses it to pack refs after a clone. They are still in the 'packed-refs' file. ``` ## Tay Ray Chuan, 2009-01-29 14:48 Subject: Re: git clone --bare doesn't create refs/heads/*? Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/be6fef0d0901290648g3e057255p2e69491edc3227e2%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: <20090129144036.GH21473@genesis.frugalware.org> ``` On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 10:40 PM, Miklos Vajna wrote: > [ Please don't top-post. ] Oops. > Ah, packed refs. :) > > See man git-pack-refs, git clone uses it to pack refs after a clone. > They are still in the 'packed-refs' file. Thanks, that does clears things up. -- Cheers, Ray Chuan ```