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From: Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Allow cloning an empty repository
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 23:34:04 +0100
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On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 23:32, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:
> Really? I have scripts that call clone (usually followed by building the
> result). Are you proposing that all scripts should "git init && git
> remote add && git fetch"?
>
> So I am strongly in favor of telling the difference between failure and
> emptiness.

A switch then, '--allow-empty'?

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Cheers,

Sverre Rabbelier