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patch, 4 partsMake git-clone work on a USB stick

Subject: [PATCH 0/4] Make git-clone work on a USB stick

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Johannes Schindelin· Oct 25, 2005, 23:38 UTC · lore

When I tried to git-clone something to a USB stick so that I could carry the repository to a friend with a slow modem, I got stuck. There were several issues (mostly having to do with limitations of the FAT format), but none of them show stoppers.

This patch series solves all of these issues.

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