Subject: Re: Suggestions for documentation

From: Jakub Narebski <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 17:16:09 +0200

Claudio Scordino wrote:

>     actually I didn't understand the difference between "git clone --bare" and
> "git --bare fetch" either... (maybe is not clear in the documentation ?)
> 
> For instance, what should be used when setting up a public not-working repository ?
> 
> I mean, we can use both
> 
> git --bare init
> git --bare fetch ... master:master

"git --bare <command>" is equivalent to "git --git-dir=. <command>", and
it only tells where to find repository...
 
> and
> git clone --bare  ...

...while "git clone --bare" setups _bare_ repository, which means
1:1 mapping of references, and no working area.

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Jakub Narebski
Warsaw, Poland
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