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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 17:54:23 +0000 (GMT)
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Hi,

On Mon, 12 Nov 2007, Nicolas Pitre wrote:

> On Mon, 12 Nov 2007, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> 
> > 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.
> 
> But we're not geneticists, and I think the above usage should "just work 
> (tm)".

I am still convinced that it is not very intelligent to start your 
development from a non-existing branch.

But since you're one of the people knowing git _internals_ pretty well, 
here's another reason just for you why this cannot be done: There is no 
way to find out where the HEAD points to.

Try it.  Create an empty repository.  Then call "git ls-remote <path>" on 
it.  It's _empty_.

Ciao,
Dscho "who is bored with this discussion"