Subject: Re: [PATCH] Don't use cpio in git-clone when not installed

From: Mike Hommey <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2007 11:53:18 +0100

On Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 06:15:27PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> "Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy" <[email-masked]> writes:
> 
> > BTW, you have workaround for git-merge also? It uses cpio to save/restore state.
> 
> Why do people want "workaround"?  Is installing cpio such a
> hassle?

Note that to do what git-merge does with cpio, i wonder if it wouldn't
be sensible to use git stash, now.

Mike