Re: Git question. Is there a way of duplicating a git repository?

[Stephen Leake]

Alan Mackenzie <address@hidden> writes:

> What I want is a command (or a ready recipe) to do for git repositories
> what `fork' does for processes (but sharing the maximum possible from
> the original repository with hard links).  After writing my opening post
> I even tried a `git clone --mirror', but the resulting repository wasn't
> a mirror of the original at all.

I think "git worktree add" is what you are looking for. It requires git
2.5 or later.

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-- Stephe