clone

clone

[Roald de Vries]

Dear all,

If I clone a repository with multiple branches to 'newdir', and then  
type 'git branch' in 'newdir', I see only 1 branch. 'git branch -r'  
gives me all branches. Is that correct behaviour? If so, why? And  
mainly: can I configure git to clone all original branches to non- 
remote branches?

Kind regards, Roald

Re: clone

[Jeff King]

On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 04:33:51PM +0200, Roald de Vries wrote:

> If I clone a repository with multiple branches to 'newdir', and then
> type 'git branch' in 'newdir', I see only 1 branch. 'git branch -r'
> gives me all branches. Is that correct behaviour? If so, why? And
> mainly: can I configure git to clone all original branches to non-
> remote branches?

Yes, it's correct. You really only need local branches of things you are
going to work on. And then that happens, you generally would just "git
checkout -b foo origin/foo" to make your own local "foo" branch that you
will be working on (or if you are using topic branches, something more
like "git checkout -b mytopic origin/master"). If you are just
inspecting branches (e.g., checking them out to try building, doing
diffs against them, using them as reference points for logging, etc),
then the remote versions are fine.

-Peff

Re: clone

[Michael J Gruber]

Roald de Vries venit, vidit, dixit 20.07.2009 16:33:
> Dear all,
> 
> If I clone a repository with multiple branches to 'newdir', and then  
> type 'git branch' in 'newdir', I see only 1 branch. 'git branch -r'  
> gives me all branches. Is that correct behaviour? If so, why? And  
> mainly: can I configure git to clone all original branches to non- 
> remote branches?
> 
> Kind regards, Roald

A for the 2nd part (1st one answered by Jeff), you can "git clone --mirror".

But me suspects that you actually want (s)cp -rp, do you?

Michael

Re: clone

[Roald de Vries]

Hi Michael,

I actually meant cloning all branches to both remote and non-remote  
(but remote-tracking) branches. But still, the --mirrorring is  
usefull, thx.

Kind regards, Roald


On Jul 21, 2009, at 10:05 AM, Michael J Gruber wrote:
> Roald de Vries venit, vidit, dixit 20.07.2009 16:33:
>> Dear all,
>>
>> If I clone a repository with multiple branches to 'newdir', and then
>> type 'git branch' in 'newdir', I see only 1 branch. 'git branch -r'
>> gives me all branches. Is that correct behaviour? If so, why? And
>> mainly: can I configure git to clone all original branches to non-
>> remote branches?
>>
>> Kind regards, Roald
>
> A for the 2nd part (1st one answered by Jeff), you can "git clone -- 
> mirror".
>
> But me suspects that you actually want (s)cp -rp, do you?
>
> Michael
>