Re: Multiple checkout copies

[Steinar Bang]

>>>>> David Kastrup <address@hidden>:

> Sigh.  The second method (creating a clone of the repo) will make this
> clone have the original repository as its upstream, not the remote
> one.  So the second approach will _only_ let you share stuff by going
> through the first repository.

Right, I've never used it myself.  I just do "cp -a".

How about this, then (also untested):
  git clone emacs emacs-24
  cd emacs-24
  git remote set-url origin git://git.savannah.gnu.org/emacs.git
  git checkout emacs-24

(personally I'll stay with the "cp -a"...)