From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.176.0/21 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.5 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MSGID_FROM_MTA_HEADER,RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 From: Miles Bader Subject: git bug? + question Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2006 14:56:51 +0900 Message-ID: Reply-To: Miles Bader Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 06:01:54 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Mail-Followup-To: git@vger.kernel.org, miles@gnu.org System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Blat: Foop Original-Lines: 25 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GfVe8-0000SV-3S for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Thu, 02 Nov 2006 07:01:48 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752651AbWKBGBl (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Nov 2006 01:01:41 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752653AbWKBGBl (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Nov 2006 01:01:41 -0500 Received: from mgate03.necel.com ([203.180.232.83]:45732 "EHLO mgate03.necel.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752651AbWKBGBk (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Nov 2006 01:01:40 -0500 Received: from relay21.aps.necel.com (relay21 [10.29.19.50]) by mgate03.necel.com (8.13.8/8.13.1) with ESMTP id kA24s357024833; Thu, 2 Nov 2006 15:01:35 +0900 (JST) Received: from relay31.aps.necel.com ([10.29.19.24] [10.29.19.24]) by relay21.aps.necel.com with ESMTP; Thu, 2 Nov 2006 15:01:35 +0900 Received: from dhapc248.dev.necel.com ([10.114.97.235] [10.114.97.235]) by relay31.aps.necel.com with ESMTP; Thu, 2 Nov 2006 15:01:35 +0900 Received: by dhapc248.dev.necel.com (Postfix, from userid 31295) id 02F7B57; Thu, 2 Nov 2006 14:56:51 +0900 (JST) To: git@vger.kernel.org Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Hi, I tried the following sequence of commands to make two clones of a remote repository, but got an error: $ git clone --use-separate-remote ssh://fp.gnu.org/~/git/snogray.git snogray-git $ git clone --use-separate-remote --reference snogray-git ssh://fp.gnu.org/~/git/snogray.git imp-sample error: refs/reference-tmp/refs/remotes/origin/HEAD points nowhere! Is this a real error, or bad usage? Also, a question: Is there anyway to make git-clone use --use-separate-remote by default? I'm trying for a "lots of branches in a single shared remote repository" style, and use-separate-remote seems more sane for this usage. I'm using git version 1.4.3.3. Thanks, -Miles -- "I distrust a research person who is always obviously busy on a task."