# Did I miss something? git-clone doesn't grab all branches???? 4 messages from 2007-03-30 to 2007-03-31. Participants: Timur Tabi, Loeliger Jon-LOELIGER, Junio C Hamano. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/7484 ## Timur Tabi, 2007-03-30 15:57 Subject: Did I miss something? git-clone doesn't grab all branches???? Message-ID: <460D336E.9040708@freescale.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/460D336E.9040708%40freescale.com ``` I used to be able to do this: git-clone http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpc.git cd powerpc git-checkout for-2.6.22 But that doesn't work any more. Why not? It was working perfectly fine before. So someone told me I need to do this: git-clone http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpc.git cd powerpc git-fetch http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpc.git for-2.6.22:for-2.6.22 git-checkout for-2.6.22 Ok, fine, but now when I do git-pull, I get this: [snip] * refs/remotes/origin/merge: fast forward to branch 'merge' of http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpc old..new: e0f2e3a..190a440 Warning: No merge candidate found because value of config option "branch.for-2.6.22.merge" does not match any remote branch fetched. No changes. What does the warning mean? And why is it so difficult to clone branches now? -- Timur Tabi Linux Kernel Developer @ Freescale ``` ## Loeliger Jon-LOELIGER, 2007-03-30 16:30 Subject: RE: Did I miss something? git-clone doesn't grab all branches???? Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/AF0367BA48C55940A43CCF08DF35553C0114148C%40az33exm24.fsl.freescale.net In-Reply-To: <460D336E.9040708@freescale.com> ``` Timur, You missed something. :-) You didn't read the Release Notes for 1.5 that I forwarded. As a start, do this: git branch -a Jdl ``` ## Timur Tabi, 2007-03-30 17:03 Subject: Re: Did I miss something? git-clone doesn't grab all branches???? Message-ID: <460D42FE.1080703@freescale.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/460D42FE.1080703%40freescale.com In-Reply-To: ``` Loeliger Jon-LOELIGER wrote: > Timur, > > You missed something. :-) You didn't read the Release > Notes for 1.5 that I forwarded. I didn't get that email. However, I did read the release notes for 1.5 on the web, and it didn't help. It's as if I'm on a different planet then everyone else who uses git, and so no one understands what I'm trying to do. I hate branches. I never use them. I create a whole new tree for each commit that I work on. So I like to have a clone of all of the main external repositories on my hard drive. Then I just clone these local repos into other trees on my hard drive. In the past, my clone of paulus/powerpc.git contained everything. Every time I did a git-pull, it would grab everything. Then I could do a local clone/checkout if I ever wanted to work on a branch (like for-2.6.22). I didn't have to know the names of the branches when I did git-clone. Because of the changes to git-clone, this process got a whole lot more complicated. Now I need to issue multiple commands for each branch. Ugh. > As a start, do this: > > git branch -a I think I figured it out, but I'm not sure it's working: git-clone http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpc.git powerpc.git cd powerpc.git git-checkout origin/for-2.6.22 git-checkout -b for-2.6.22 When I do this, git-branch -l shows: * for-2.6.22 master So I think I'm okay. -- Timur Tabi Linux Kernel Developer @ Freescale ``` ## Junio C Hamano, 2007-03-31 01:30 Subject: Re: Did I miss something? git-clone doesn't grab all branches???? Message-ID: <7v1wj6yzbp.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/7v1wj6yzbp.fsf%40assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net In-Reply-To: <460D42FE.1080703@freescale.com> ``` Timur Tabi writes: > In the past, my clone of paulus/powerpc.git contained everything. > Every time I did a git-pull, it would grab everything. Then I could > do a local clone/checkout if I ever wanted to work on a branch (like > for-2.6.22). I didn't have to know the names of the branches when I > did git-clone. If that is how you use multiple trees, I think you can make that "My central repository which is a mirror of Paulus" a bare repository clone; keep updating it with git-fetch instead as a bare repository does not have an associated working tree. ( setup ) $ git clone --bare git://git.kernel.org/.../ paulus-mirror.git ( periodical mirror update from upstream ) $ cd paulus-mirror.git && git fetch ( forking off your play area ) $ git clone -l -s paulus-mirror.git foobranch.git $ cd foobranch.git $ git checkout --track -b foobranch origin/foobranch $ hack hack ( after mirror update ) $ cd foobranch.git $ git pull ;# this pulls from your mirror ```