From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.7 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI, T_DKIM_INVALID shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7E5B1F404 for ; Mon, 17 Sep 2018 14:57:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1729060AbeIQUZ2 (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Sep 2018 16:25:28 -0400 Received: from mail-wm1-f49.google.com ([209.85.128.49]:53635 "EHLO mail-wm1-f49.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726885AbeIQUZ1 (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Sep 2018 16:25:27 -0400 Received: by mail-wm1-f49.google.com with SMTP id b19-v6so10018113wme.3 for ; Mon, 17 Sep 2018 07:57:44 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=sender:from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id :user-agent:mime-version; bh=t7lIIlm/gjvK/P5+wuiG6F+rxC41l1MoN3yfa3rJ2J0=; b=bH3PlUmdky9Q82jVzEhy17hpmrv4AKD7U0Ed72VEAW/p9pa5ZRI3R49QJJGrNoITvw B3c3TYUXLPHeaVb4d/vI+yxBeAYbQ2jNypa30YKiQZYGUpR4iuNPvuny22SqfLqJXiIO aXDqr7ffhj3A0+BvdTd6LfM0DXKI0iRnmeW3fuHvdqoeLvceDYw8JrLWVZTxqvCt6PEd CSLIOI6vZiwhdnzCdXpu6t1uwTSsKvVv3lP7IiqzHXMocyA0CSsK6DkTYzikCFMyXsVP TPVV8kB4JbetgQMUi+z+sf6BM8GJ9USLGuptXG4DzR3kmd8CZG2TF8RyHqw8M9WlK+lJ qHYg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:sender:from:to:cc:subject:references:date :in-reply-to:message-id:user-agent:mime-version; bh=t7lIIlm/gjvK/P5+wuiG6F+rxC41l1MoN3yfa3rJ2J0=; b=Sc0MbngqZl5ZyamWkQpOkuBmzeUaVjfs2eDcp1gbH6SRRfP8jT5oyFLvPUuqwK+JL+ jW0UeoxB3g5RFzlExZR7/5B+7BhIIhoUXgiKKacCKKjcwACq/7vaEltE4OAdIHDntIXa /k32frIZ6oWLTLcmE0hXxn9dHpC3SqvSqsdJ3CL8mt+Vz7ZvszJg4ImAVmo/XGTWF+pU JauXWKSYl7dj1YBUfaut5TeXXdt0ivzPD9TXs5/Evv9gkiP/NLuMGe59Q6MVahbytp9g sqCXjhSfjdZ8gD4oPcef6P3A1Fb+ph9TJgIb4Wrnj+RAYfA22Y1kEB1fGHJAD/kvACyp l4eg== X-Gm-Message-State: APzg51AUG2/il4jfNV4hRjRrZla3S8FOHmSjz22t31mAk7yqMHCNXcN5 3Sso3vyCqApxopHBDUDA2xWrHEEa X-Google-Smtp-Source: ANB0VdYCO2Or9GL4C3gdzauIukBTXf/YEYJ2g6XGfjCTidGGpSqnfqLa7IPmeFeymYrogsJeAoiccg== X-Received: by 2002:a1c:5c4:: with SMTP id 187-v6mr12122440wmf.10.1537196263555; Mon, 17 Sep 2018 07:57:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (112.68.155.104.bc.googleusercontent.com. [104.155.68.112]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id f132-v6sm7349532wme.24.2018.09.17.07.57.42 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Mon, 17 Sep 2018 07:57:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Junio C Hamano To: "Robert P. J. Day" Cc: Git Mailing list Subject: Re: diff between "--no-local" and "--no-hardlinks" for local clone? References: Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2018 07:57:42 -0700 In-Reply-To: (Robert P. J. Day's message of "Mon, 17 Sep 2018 04:31:40 -0700 (PDT)") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org "Robert P. J. Day" writes: > perusing "man git-clone" and, from the first part of the OPTIONS > section, it's not immediately obvious what the difference is between > using --no-local versus --no-hardlinks when cloning a local repo. both > seem to suggest that the local git transport mechanism will be used, > so what is the difference? The "local" optimization is designed to use hardlinks to share as many object and pack files as possible to avoid copies. You can optionally disable the use of hardlinks to always copy, without disabling the "local" optimization. If you say --no-local, --[no-]hardlinks has no relevance.