#git-clone

How to: Is git clone –depth 1 (shallow clone) more useful than it makes out?

Is git clone depth 1 (shallow clone) more useful than it makes out?

The depth 1 option in git clone:

Create a shallowclone with a history truncated to the specified number of revisions. A shallow repository has a number of limitations (you cannot clone or fetch from it, nor push from nor into it), but is adequate if you are only interested in the recent history of a large project with a long…

Fixed How to git-svn clone the last n revisions from a Subversion repository? #dev #it #asnwer

How to git-svn clone the last n revisions from a Subversion repository?

Problem

How do you create a shallow copy with git-svn from a Subversion repository, i.e. how do you pull only the last three revisions?

The git clone command can get the last n revisions from a Git repository if you use the option depth, i.e. you get a shallow copy of the repository. Example:

git clone depth 3…

Fixed How to clone a single branch in git? #dev #it #asnwer

How to clone a single branch in git?

I have a local git repository called ‘skeleton’ that I use for storing project skeletons. It has a few branches, for different kinds of projects:

casey@agave [~/Projects/skeleton] git branch * master rails c c++

If I want to check out the master branch for a new project, I can do

casey@agave [~/Projects] git clone skeleton new Initialized empty Git…

Fixed git branch, fork, fetch, merge, rebase and clone, what are the differences? #dev #it #asnwer

git branch, fork, fetch, merge, rebase and clone, what are the differences?

Can someone help me understand the difference between a branch, a fork and a clone in Git?

Similarly, what does it mean when I do a git fetch as opposed to a git pull?

Also, what does rebase mean in comparison to merge?

How can I squash individual commits themselves together?

How are they used, why are they used and what…

Fixed How to convert a normal Git repository to a bare one? #dev #it #asnwer

How to convert a normal Git repository to a bare one?

How can I convert a ‘normal’ Git repository to a bare one?

The main difference seems to be:

in the normal git repository you have a .git folder inside the repository containing all relevant data and all other files build your working copy

in a bare Git repository, there is no working copy and the folder (let’s call it repo.git) contains the…

Fixed Git push requires username and password #dev #it #asnwer

Git push requires username and password

I cloned a git repository from my Github account to my PC.

I want to work with both my PC and laptop, but with one Github account.

When I try to push to or pull from Github using my PC, it requires username and password, but not when using the laptop!

I don’t want to type my username and password every time I interact with origin. What I am missing here?

An…

How to: GIT clone repo across local file system in windows

GIT clone repo across local file system in windows

I am a complete Noob when it comes to GIT. I have been just taking my first steps over the last few days. I setup a repo on my laptop, pulled down the Trunk from an SVN project (had some issues with branches, not got them working), but all seems ok there.

I now want to be able to pull or push from the laptop to my main desktop. The reason being…

Fixed Clone a specific Git branch #dev #it #asnwer

Clone a specific Git branch

Git clone will behave copying remote current working branch into local. Is there any way to clone a specific branch by myself without switching branches on remote repo?

Answer: Clone a specific Git branch

git init git remote add -t refspec remotename host:/dir.git git fetch

But IIRC, by default clone fetches all branches from remote, not current working branch.

Answer…