From: Jon Loeliger <jdl@freescale.com>
To: Erez Zadok <ezk@cs.sunysb.edu>
Cc: Git List <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: why git-reset needed after "cp -a" of a git repo?
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 14:04:39 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1187809479.15321.15.camel@ld0161-tx32> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200708221857.l7MIv5tD011053@agora.fsl.cs.sunysb.edu>
On Wed, 2007-08-22 at 13:57, Erez Zadok wrote:
> However, I noticed that after I copy a git repo (using v1.5.2.2), the index
> entries are all out of sync, and I need to run git-reset. Why? What's in
> the index file that changes after a cp -a or rsync that git depends on? Is
> it atime's and if so, aren't they copied by cp -a or rsync? If it depends
> on atime's, what happens if I mount my filesystem with noatime? Or does
> git's index depends on inode numbers which change after a cp -a? (BTW, I
> tried a variety of rsync options and none helped.) I also briefly looked at
> the source code and wasn't able to find the answer.
>
> So, is there a way to efficiently copy a git repo on a local or remote host
> w/o having to rerun git-reset afterwards?
Use "git update-index --refresh" to update time stamps in the index.
jdl
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-08-22 19:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-08-22 18:57 why git-reset needed after "cp -a" of a git repo? Erez Zadok
2007-08-22 19:04 ` Jon Loeliger [this message]
2007-08-22 19:11 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-08-22 19:19 ` Erez Zadok
2007-08-22 20:14 ` J. Bruce Fields
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