Allow cloning an empty repository

Cloning an empty repository manually (that is, doing 'git init' and
then doing all configuration by hand) can be a lot of work. Save the
user this work by allowing the cloning of empty repositories.

Signed-off-by: Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
This commit is contained in:
Sverre Rabbelier 2009-01-23 01:07:32 +01:00 committed by Junio C Hamano
parent 9a01387b97
commit 86ac751859
2 changed files with 29 additions and 4 deletions

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@ -522,14 +522,23 @@ int cmd_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
option_upload_pack);
refs = transport_get_remote_refs(transport);
transport_fetch_refs(transport, refs);
if(refs)
transport_fetch_refs(transport, refs);
}
clear_extra_refs();
if (refs) {
clear_extra_refs();
mapped_refs = write_remote_refs(refs, &refspec, reflog_msg.buf);
mapped_refs = write_remote_refs(refs, &refspec, reflog_msg.buf);
head_points_at = locate_head(refs, mapped_refs, &remote_head);
head_points_at = locate_head(refs, mapped_refs, &remote_head);
}
else {
warning("You appear to have cloned an empty repository.");
head_points_at = NULL;
remote_head = NULL;
option_no_checkout = 1;
}
if (head_points_at) {
/* Local default branch link */

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@ -116,4 +116,20 @@ test_expect_success 'bundle clone with nonexistent HEAD' '
test ! -e .git/refs/heads/master
'
test_expect_success 'clone empty repository' '
cd "$D" &&
mkdir empty &&
(cd empty && git init) &&
git clone empty empty-clone &&
test_tick &&
(cd empty-clone
echo "content" >> foo &&
git add foo &&
git commit -m "Initial commit" &&
git push origin master &&
expected=$(git rev-parse master) &&
actual=$(git --git-dir=../empty/.git rev-parse master) &&
test $actual = $expected)
'
test_done