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From: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Subject: Re: Cloning empty repositories, was Re: What is the idea for bare
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Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:15:51 +0000 (GMT)
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Hi,

On Mon, 12 Nov 2007, Matthieu Moy wrote:

> Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
> 
> > On Mon, 12 Nov 2007, Jan Wielemaker wrote:
> >
> >> I found out that cloning a empty bare repository produces nothing at 
> >> all, [...]
> >
> > If they are empty, what exactly do you mean to clone?
> 
> I'd expect an empty repository, with the git remote configured 
> correctly.

Yeah, right.

Last time I checked, those geneticists did not clone thin air.  They 
always waited until they had something to clone.

Ciao,
Dscho