From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: John Wiegley Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Git question. Is there a way of duplicating a git repository? Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2015 10:17:33 -0800 Message-ID: References: <20151114112027.GA2567@acm.fritz.box> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1447585495 14161 80.91.229.3 (15 Nov 2015 11:04:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2015 11:04:55 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Alan Mackenzie Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 15 12:04:55 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Zxv79-0004JJ-26 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 15 Nov 2015 12:04:55 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41874 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zxv78-0006X8-LS for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 15 Nov 2015 06:04:54 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:59708) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZxfOR-00085L-Um for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 14 Nov 2015 13:17:44 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZxfOM-0008Ak-Uf for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 14 Nov 2015 13:17:43 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-pa0-x22a.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400e:c03::22a]:32983) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZxfOM-0008Af-PS for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 14 Nov 2015 13:17:38 -0500 Original-Received: by pabfh17 with SMTP id fh17so132579367pab.0 for ; Sat, 14 Nov 2015 10:17:38 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:date:message-id:references :user-agent:mail-followup-to:mime-version:content-type; bh=/Lcd2MIhSvUgGVdrbCO2bSCbksyNSLgjBzQEEWNcmFI=; b=wiRrUlt/GDKRG1eJbOc6FdAfYCrvUVFuNe5Zj4mUt8S2OgPbmXGxRASJIMBOvqu7oY 2RwbEVR2y60OqX34/iAnamKcEgC6a+vHEAIUl82ui/ZgIyopB2Y2uM+jqBqedAiIzPXU WM6VIKUeXNWALpBiFqZX+FVwRQwn6yRndacC9O33MnjQyHRZ9IlNQbLLJ/bNlHw/ni9F XV4w44Eymk/X+2rEqvWZ7sub6BSA/19Z8Y84NgI3+lQkLSYfJadvsrtMapjQXXyXMy/m GF271oK/B59WFM8H7SmoeM7ml9lKDkkmXgyizfRSv55fuTWL69agLAeZJwvOT1ImiMQN b7PA== X-Received: by 10.68.87.161 with SMTP id az1mr41383012pbb.57.1447525057908; Sat, 14 Nov 2015 10:17:37 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from Vulcan.attlocal.net (76-234-68-79.lightspeed.frokca.sbcglobal.net. [76.234.68.79]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id bt5sm1281951pbc.47.2015.11.14.10.17.36 (version=TLSv1 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sat, 14 Nov 2015 10:17:36 -0800 (PST) X-Google-Original-From: "John Wiegley" Original-Received: by Vulcan.attlocal.net (Postfix, from userid 501) id B39E8105D2651; Sat, 14 Nov 2015 10:17:35 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20151114112027.GA2567@acm.fritz.box> (Alan Mackenzie's message of "Sat, 14 Nov 2015 11:20:27 +0000") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (darwin) Mail-Followup-To: Alan Mackenzie , emacs-devel@gnu.org X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400e:c03::22a X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:194487 Archived-At: >>>>> Alan Mackenzie writes: > So, is there any convenient way of duplicating a repo (using hard links, and > preserving config info)? A clone on the same device uses hard-links by default. A --shared clone uses a symbolic link, so works across devices. However, changes to the original repository affect it as well. "git worktree add" lets you create a new working tree directly associated with a single repository, using neither hardlinks nor symlinks; but has the added overhead of having to learn the "git worktree" set of commands. John