git clone --bare doesn't create refs/heads/*?

git clone --bare doesn't create refs/heads/*?

[Tay Ray Chuan]

Hi,

just like to clarify a doubt of mine.

afaik, a bare repository is just a copy of the .git folder of the
cloned repository. why isn't any of its branches copied too?

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Cheers,
Ray Chuan

Re: git clone --bare doesn't create refs/heads/*?

[Miklos Vajna]

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On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 10:06:39PM +0800, Tay Ray Chuan <rctay89@gmail.com> wrote:
> afaik, a bare repository is just a copy of the .git folder of the
> cloned repository. why isn't any of its branches copied too?

Maybe you're searching for git clone --mirror and not git clone --bare?

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Re: git clone --bare doesn't create refs/heads/*?

[Tay Ray Chuan]

Hmm, no, --mirror adds extra remote tracking information.

Quoting the git-clone man page:

"...the branch heads at the remote are copied directly..."

which is to say, git clone --bare isn't doing what it's supposed to do.

that said, i'm not too sure about this, hence this thread.

On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 10:26 PM, Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 10:06:39PM +0800, Tay Ray Chuan <rctay89@gmail.com> wrote:
>> afaik, a bare repository is just a copy of the .git folder of the
>> cloned repository. why isn't any of its branches copied too?
>
> Maybe you're searching for git clone --mirror and not git clone --bare?
>



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Cheers,
Ray Chuan

Re: git clone --bare doesn't create refs/heads/*?

[Miklos Vajna]

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On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 10:36:26PM +0800, Tay Ray Chuan <rctay89@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hmm, no, --mirror adds extra remote tracking information.
> 
> Quoting the git-clone man page:
> 
> "...the branch heads at the remote are copied directly..."
> 
> which is to say, git clone --bare isn't doing what it's supposed to do.
> 
> that said, i'm not too sure about this, hence this thread.

Ah, packed refs. :)

See man git-pack-refs, git clone uses it to pack refs after a clone.
They are still in the 'packed-refs' file.

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Re: git clone --bare doesn't create refs/heads/*?

[Tay Ray Chuan]

On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 10:40 PM, Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org> wrote:
> [ Please don't top-post. ]

Oops.

> Ah, packed refs. :)
>
> See man git-pack-refs, git clone uses it to pack refs after a clone.
> They are still in the 'packed-refs' file.

Thanks, that does clears things up.


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Cheers,
Ray Chuan