On Sat, Nov 14, 2015 at 11:20:27 +0000, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> So, is there any convenient way of duplicating a repo (using hard links,
> and preserving config info)?

Each branch has its own tracking branch (upstream).  So you can just
branch off of emacs-25, and either keep that local copy, or set the
upstream to your own remote repository:

  $ git checkout emacs-25
  $ git checkout -b foo
  $ git remote add my-origin path/to/remote/repo
  $ git push --set-upstream my-origin foo

This is as close to a hard-copy as you'll get.


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