# Shallow Push?

3 messages from 2015-04-07 to 2015-07-22. Participants: Samuel Williams, Junio C Hamano.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/39027

## Samuel Williams, 2015-04-07 15:08

Subject: Shallow Push?
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Is it possible to only push what is required to checkout the latest HEAD?

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## Junio C Hamano, 2015-04-09 03:54

Subject: Re: Shallow Push?
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Samuel Williams <space.ship.traveller@gmail.com> writes:

> Is it possible to only push what is required to checkout the latest HEAD?

What is the receiving repository expected to have?  Does it have
everything that is required to checkout the back-then latest HEAD
the last time a push was made into it, and you are pushing an
update?

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## Samuel Williams, 2015-07-22 07:27

Subject: Re: Shallow Push?
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> What is the receiving repository expected to have?  Does it have
everything that is required to checkout the back-then latest HEAD
the last time a push was made into it, and you are pushing an
update?

Yes, something like that

On 9 April 2015 at 15:54, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> Samuel Williams <space.ship.traveller@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Is it possible to only push what is required to checkout the latest HEAD?
>
> What is the receiving repository expected to have?  Does it have
> everything that is required to checkout the back-then latest HEAD
> the last time a push was made into it, and you are pushing an
> update?
>

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