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git clone --single-branch -b release-branch.go1.17 --no-tags https://go.googlesource.com/go go.test | git clone --single-branch -b release-branch.go1.17 --no-tags https://go.googlesource.com/go go.test | ||
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| + | == References == | ||
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| + | * [https://git-scm.com/docs/git-clone git-clone(1)] | ||
| + | * [https://git-scm.com/docs/git-replace git-replace(1)] | ||
| + | * [https://git-scm.com/docs/git-checkout git-checkout(1)] | ||
| + | * [https://stackoverflow.com/q/59719412 Under what circumstances will git replacements be pushed/pulled?] | ||
| + | * [https://stackoverflow.com/q/5724522 Creating a GitHub repository with only a subset of a local repository's history] | ||
Latest revision as of 13:46, 20 September 2021
Clone remote repository using local cache
Let's say you want a new clone of a git repository, for example https://go.googlesource.com/go, but you already have it cloned elsewhere, say $HOME/go and you don't want to download all the objects from the internet, yet you don't want to clone the local repository either — you want the new clone to be connected to the remote repository.
You can do this:
git clone --reference-if-able $HOME/go --dissociate https://go.googlesource.com/go go.test
This will work even if $HOME/go doesn't exist.
Only clone a specific branch
git clone --single-branch -b release-branch.go1.17 https://go.googlesource.com/go go.test
And if you don't want tags either:
git clone --single-branch -b release-branch.go1.17 --no-tags https://go.googlesource.com/go go.test
