From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Reece Dunn" Subject: git clone questions relating to cpio Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2007 20:28:38 +0100 Message-ID: <3f4fd2640710011228w61ce34b5ve47ea529eed384fd@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Git X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Mon Oct 01 21:29:32 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IcQx7-0003kN-Qk for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Mon, 01 Oct 2007 21:29:14 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752884AbXJAT2l (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Oct 2007 15:28:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752850AbXJAT2k (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Oct 2007 15:28:40 -0400 Received: from el-out-1112.google.com ([209.85.162.179]:52227 "EHLO el-out-1112.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752906AbXJAT2k (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Oct 2007 15:28:40 -0400 Received: by el-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id v27so806701ele for ; Mon, 01 Oct 2007 12:28:39 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; bh=m6VNe2mkrn4Udkf30E5zR9GCrA0OPHJEYjzqbgBKzvw=; b=H5A+cUuoXyBoDA1pG5DyKyQdIfOJ6jZvPLc4cZQXj5zRZqOenOqfg57/FOvaNgkULkxNljspDU5Bd3lj9lbQd9wuJD8Nin0UPGjZLtMGAByHPtrX2YGdh5sm0ylZ9Eb05MxQjmrLs81mIUKHzm8E+XMtoNJHA/DfyEIDsGbKVQM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=PXI8Sw9PffZD4DZgDcOIlJHM0YaF0xWVA7yGVWheQI2k8lTsy1cqDKSLWZdO9a7dQ5tevrGNs4j3XomW6HkhVhzM4Lw0E9NWCtst+jfC6O6ESmGFLR9Cv+67Gl+RNasLuPJqRLvBKKNkyMcsPQLYtlOv9J0mlLYfaNHg/SVWID8= Received: by 10.114.196.1 with SMTP id t1mr1024124waf.1191266918053; Mon, 01 Oct 2007 12:28:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.141.23.10 with HTTP; Mon, 1 Oct 2007 12:28:38 -0700 (PDT) Content-Disposition: inline Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Hi, I am running a Linux From Scratch 6.2 system that does not have cpio installed on it. This means that I can't clone a local repository unless I install cpio. Is it possible to use a fallback method if cpio is not present, as there is no NO_CPIO option on make like there is for OpenSSH, cURL and expat? Also, I have an external USB hardrive that is mounted onto the virtual filesystem. Will clones from the USB harddrive (or a USB flash drive that is mounted) result in a copy being performed, not a hardlink? Ideally, the hard linking for local clones should be optional. What if I want to move a repository because, for example, I have imported a CVS repository and now want to push it to a new bare repository? - Reece