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From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Allow cloning an empty repository
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On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 04:20:34AM +0100, Johannes Schindelin wrote:

> Probably.  Note, however, that scripts might rely on a fail if there were 
> problems.
> 
> But then, scripts have no business cloning repositories (fetching, yes.  
> But cloning?)

Really? I have scripts that call clone (usually followed by building the
result). Are you proposing that all scripts should "git init && git
remote add && git fetch"?

So I am strongly in favor of telling the difference between failure and
emptiness.

-Peff