Re: [Savannah-hackers-public] Emacs git repository clone limits

[Philippe Vaucher]

> > > Why not simply use a reference repository?
> > >   git clone --mirror git://git.gnu.org/emacs.git ~/emacs-reference
> > > And when cloning:
> > >   git clone --reference ~/emacs-reference git://git.gnu.org/emacs.git
> > > the ~/emacs-reference place can be accessible where ever you are using
> > > it.  This will work incrementally, and not use up scares resources..
> >
> > Thanks, good idea I didn't know about it. I don't know how well
> > `--reference` will cope with diverged branches, but I'll run some test.
>
> If you are bundling up a result then also look at the git clone option
> --dissociate too.  That produces a result that is independent of the
> reference.  I think that would be more suitable to you the way you
> described it.

Thanks, I will investigate.

Philippe