Re: [git-users] bare repository checkout

2015-07-23 Thread Paul Smith
On Thu, 2015-07-23 at 06:43 -0700, dexter ietf wrote: git clone with --bare option was significantly faster, so i just assumed it fetches the bare-minimum data. thanks for your detailed answer, it all makes sense now. The difference in time tells you how long it takes to extract a working

[git-users] bare repository checkout

2015-07-23 Thread dexter ietf
Hi, bare repository only contains the meta data, but when i clone from a bare-repo full tree will be checked out. how does git manage to achieve that. i know it's a newbie question. but surprised by the fact that git can do that. so curious to know the answer asap. thanks. -dexter -- You