I have a data only package on Alioth. "make" is essentially a nop because the package is all data. I want to create a new package that is identical to the old one except that 1) the name of the package is changed. 2) the data files and their names are changed. The data files are fairly large and unnecessary copies should be avoided if possible. If I were to log on to alioth and do git clone --local --bare old new Would it be a reasonable way to proceed to fork the old package? Am I correct that because of the --local switch the large data files would not actually be copied? Because of hard links and other software smoke and mirrors? What are the pitfalls? Thank You. -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 pelliott@BlackPatchPanel.com PMB 181, 11900 Metric Blvd Suite J http://www.free.blackpatchpanel.com/pme/ Austin TX 78758-3117
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