Re: Multiple checkout copies

[David Kastrup]

Achim Gratz <address@hidden> writes:

> David Kastrup writes:
>> Apparently you confuse --shared with _not_ using --shared.
>
> Indeed, I was reading "--local" instead of "--shared", sorry. :-P
>
> In any case, as long as the repo cloned via "--shared" is a bare
> repository that was cloned from upstream Emacs and you do not clone the
> second generation again in this manner, "--shared" is still safe.

No, it isn't.  You can have both local branches and remote branches
removed from the cloned bare repo while your --shared clone still uses
objects that are no longer retained in the first clone.

> It can still be a net win for throw-away clones needed during a build.

Basically the only sensible use is for temporary clones used (and
deleted again) within a script.

-- 
David Kastrup