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 <david <at> lang.hm> writes:

> going back to the initial poster's comments. if the android repo is 1G, 
> eliminating the history will probably have significantly less impact than 
> you expect it to. 

Do you have 2 or more copies of the same repository at the same time?
If yes, can I skip cloning new copy from network? 
Or even skip cloning it at all? 
Is it possible with Git to chekout into two (few) working trees?