From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Marc Singer Subject: git clone rsync:... ? Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 14:30:50 -0700 Message-ID: <20050711213050.GA18693@buici.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Mon Jul 11 23:35:30 2005 Return-path: Received: from vger.kernel.org ([12.107.209.244]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ds5w1-00082K-Lf for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Mon, 11 Jul 2005 23:35:29 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262783AbVGKVes (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Jul 2005 17:34:48 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262782AbVGKVdc (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Jul 2005 17:33:32 -0400 Received: from florence.buici.com ([206.124.142.26]:47766 "HELO florence.buici.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S262761AbVGKVav (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Jul 2005 17:30:51 -0400 Received: (qmail 18754 invoked by uid 1000); 11 Jul 2005 21:30:50 -0000 To: git@vger.kernel.org Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org elf@florence /git > git clone rsync://rsync.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git linux-2.6 defaulting to local storage area ssh: rsync: Name or service not known fatal: unexpected EOF I've read several messages that this is changing, but it still isn't clear where we should be starting. Moreover, I'd like to be able to keep one repo that is just pulling from the net and then clone it for different working directories. Why? Sometimes, in my ignorance, I break my working repo. It's handy to have one that I know is OK without pulling from the net each time.