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Solved: Using git shallow checkouts



On Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:15:08 +0000, T o n g wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> 
> The git's "shallow checkouts" feature enables people to download the
> latest version of the repository without downloading all the history.
> 
> It is "adequate if you are only interested in the recent history of a
> large project with a long history, and would want to send in fixes as
> patches". http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-clone.html

Yes, 

> But how can I send in fixes?
> 
> $ git format-patch origin
> fatal: ambiguous argument 'origin': unknown revision or path not in the
> working tree.

sorry, my mistake, something wrong with the original pull. the command 
works well.

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