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Re: Bzr lightweight checkout, bzr shallow branches, and git



On Mon, 2009-02-03 at 17:37 +0100, Adeodato Simó wrote:
> As far as I know, Git doesn't have a mechanism to create full-fledged
> repositories with only part of the history, referencing other remote
> repositories for missing data. With my Git user hat on, this is clearly
> a technically inferiority of Git vs Bazaar. 

This was a design decision that Linus made right at the beginning.  In
his opinion, it makes Git technically superior to Bazaar.  There is a
google video available where he explains the design.

Do you have a technical reference for Bazaar ... or even a rebuttal to
Linus's claims ?

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