Re: [PATCH] add --remote option to git-clone.

Hi,

On Thu, 1 Feb 2007, Junio C Hamano wrote:

Johannes Schindelin [off-list ref] writes:

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On Fri, 2 Feb 2007, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
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One can always get more branches later, is my approach.

Yes. But in the same vein, one can add _one_ branch to an empty repo 
either. So, with your reasoning, your patch wouldn't be needed to begin 
with.

Indeed.

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But I find it useful. Even the version where you are not limited to one 
branch.

I am not against the general idea of tracking a subset of
branches, but issues include:

[explains why git-remote is a better place for this]

Seeing your patch to git-remote, it feels more natural, too. Especially 
since that (or which? :-D) does not give the term "clone" a 
Microsoft'esque completely new meaning.

Ciao,
Dscho