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From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Question about .git/objects/info/alternates
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 21:42:23 -0500
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Chris Packham wrote:

> I would like to have base somehow find the objects it doesn't have in
> its object store and either download them or just copy them from the
> object store of projecta.
[...]
> From reading [2] I think 'rm
> .git/objects/info/alternates && git repack -a' might do the trick but
> I'm not sure.

Almost.  Try =E2=80=98git repack -a && rm .git/objects/info/alternates=E2=
=80=99 instead. :)

(Please back up the repository or try with something less important
first, since I am not sure.)

Hope that helps,
Jonathan

> [2] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2248228/how-to-detach-alternat=
es-after-git-clone-reference