Re: VC mode and git

[Harald Hanche-Olsen]

Steinar Bang wrote:
> > > > > > Harald Hanche-Olsen<address@hidden>:
>
> > That could be helped by using shallow clones, though. You only ever
> > need a full clone if you wish to examine old history, and you could
> > keep just one full clone for that purpose, while having many shallow
> > clones for hacking.
>
> Local full clones start out as hardlinks to the original repository.
> They will diverge over time, but initially they are quite cheap.

But they require some more setting up, as you need to adjust the remote 
tracking behaviour of the new clones. For those who know how, that is 
indeed a better solution.

– Harald