From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Junio C Hamano Subject: Re: git-clone --reference problem? Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2006 10:50:40 -0700 Message-ID: <7vmzecgozz.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> References: <1145810080.16166.223.camel@shinybook.infradead.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sun Apr 23 19:51:08 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FXijW-0003jS-2R for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Sun, 23 Apr 2006 19:50:54 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751153AbWDWRum (ORCPT ); Sun, 23 Apr 2006 13:50:42 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751434AbWDWRum (ORCPT ); Sun, 23 Apr 2006 13:50:42 -0400 Received: from fed1rmmtao01.cox.net ([68.230.241.38]:61621 "EHLO fed1rmmtao01.cox.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751153AbWDWRum (ORCPT ); Sun, 23 Apr 2006 13:50:42 -0400 Received: from assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net ([68.4.9.127]) by fed1rmmtao01.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.06.01 201-2131-130-101-20060113) with ESMTP id <20060423175041.HOEJ24981.fed1rmmtao01.cox.net@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>; Sun, 23 Apr 2006 13:50:41 -0400 To: David Woodhouse In-Reply-To: <1145810080.16166.223.camel@shinybook.infradead.org> (David Woodhouse's message of "Sun, 23 Apr 2006 17:34:40 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110004 (No Gnus v0.4) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: David Woodhouse writes: > Should I expect cloning with alternates using '--reference' to be > transitive? Not with the current code and design, but a patch that cleanly does that can be considered for inclusion. Adjusting relative paths obtained from other repositories correctly, and avoiding circular alternates by mistake would be tricky, though.