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To: Erik Mouw <erik@harddisk-recovery.com>
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Erik Mouw <erik@harddisk-recovery.com> writes:

> Hi,
>
> I just learned out about "git clone -s" to share objects between
> repositories. How do I use that with already existing repositories?
>
> Right now I have a "linux-2.6" repository to track Linus's 2.6 kernel
> tree and an "elinux-2.6" tree that pulls from linux-2.6 and holds my
> own changes. I created a file .git/objects/info/alternates that
> contains the line "/home/erik/git/linux-2.6/.git/objects". Now how do I
> get rid of the "old" objects and packs without loosing my changes?

repack -a -d -l perhaps?