Re: git methodology

[Benoit Sigoure]

On Jan 11, 2008, at 12:16 PM, Bruno Haible wrote:

> you will create a new repository. For this purpose, you can have a
> "gnulib-clean" reposity that only ever contains unmodified gnulib;  
> copying
> this repository (with "cp -a") is faster than doing a "gnulib  
> clone" across
> the network.

You can also do a git clone gnulib-clean gnulib-whatever.  The clone  
will use cpio to share the content under .git/ in pretty much the  
same way.  This also enables you to git clone any repository with  
uncommitted changes so you don't necessarily have to have a gnulib- 
clean repo.

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Benoit Sigoure aka Tsuna
EPITA Research and Development Laboratory