# git clone --bare --origin incompatible? 3 messages from 2016-10-23 to 2016-10-23. Participants: Roman Neuhauser, Andreas Schwab. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/44362 ## Roman Neuhauser, 2016-10-23 11:03 Subject: git clone --bare --origin incompatible? Message-ID: <20161023110338.GA1486@isis.sigpipe.cz> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20161023110338.GA1486%40isis.sigpipe.cz ``` hello, what is the reason clone --bare prohibits --origin? % git clone --bare -o fubar anything anywhere fatal: --bare and --origin fubar options are incompatible. -- roman ``` ## Andreas Schwab, 2016-10-23 12:29 Subject: Re: git clone --bare --origin incompatible? Message-ID: <87y41f8czg.fsf@linux-m68k.org> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/87y41f8czg.fsf%40linux-m68k.org In-Reply-To: <20161023110338.GA1486@isis.sigpipe.cz> ``` On Okt 23 2016, Roman Neuhauser wrote: > what is the reason clone --bare prohibits --origin? > > % git clone --bare -o fubar anything anywhere > fatal: --bare and --origin fubar options are incompatible. Since a bare clone maps remote branches directly to local branches, without any remote-tracking branches, --origin doesn't make sense. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different." ``` ## Roman Neuhauser, 2016-10-23 12:50 Subject: Re: git clone --bare --origin incompatible? Message-ID: <20161023125035.GB1486@isis.sigpipe.cz> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20161023125035.GB1486%40isis.sigpipe.cz In-Reply-To: <87y41f8czg.fsf@linux-m68k.org> ``` # schwab@linux-m68k.org / 2016-10-23 14:29:55 +0200: > On Okt 23 2016, Roman Neuhauser wrote: > > > what is the reason clone --bare prohibits --origin? > > > > % git clone --bare -o fubar anything anywhere > > fatal: --bare and --origin fubar options are incompatible. > > Since a bare clone maps remote branches directly to local branches, > without any remote-tracking branches, --origin doesn't make sense. is it going to break something though? i can still go and rename the remote in the bare repo's config file afterwards. -- roman ```