Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

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> Hi,
>
> On Mon, 12 Nov 2007, Matthieu Moy wrote:
>
>> Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
>> 
>> > On Mon, 12 Nov 2007, Jan Wielemaker wrote:
>> >
>> >> I found out that cloning a empty bare repository produces nothing at 
>> >> all, [...]
>> >
>> > If they are empty, what exactly do you mean to clone?
>> 
>> I'd expect an empty repository, with the git remote configured 
>> correctly.
>
> Yeah, right.
>
> Last time I checked, those geneticists did not clone thin air.  They 
> always waited until they had something to clone.

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>> >> a empty bare repository produces nothing at 
>> >> all, [...]
>> >
>> > If they are empty, what exactly do you mean to clone?
>> 
>> I'd expect an empty repository, with the git remote configured 
>> correctly.
>
> Yeah, right.
>
> Last time I checked, those geneticists did not clone thin air.  They 
> always waited until they had something to clone.

git-init does not perform sexual intercourse, either.  I don't see why
geneticists should be relevant for determining what git-clone does.


-- 
David Kastrup

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