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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-clone.txt | 18 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/urls.txt | 16 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | git-clone.sh | 64 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | t/t5500-fetch-pack.sh | 2 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | t/t5700-clone-reference.sh | 2 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | t/t5701-clone-local.sh | 17 |
6 files changed, 79 insertions, 40 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt index a0a10e3e2..227f092e2 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt @@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ git-clone - Clone a repository into a new directory SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git-clone' [--template=<template_directory>] [-l [-s]] [-q] [-n] [--bare] +'git-clone' [--template=<template_directory>] + [-l] [-s] [--no-hardlinks] [-q] [-n] [--bare] [-o <name>] [-u <upload-pack>] [--reference <repository>] [--depth <depth>] <repository> [<directory>] @@ -40,8 +41,19 @@ OPTIONS this flag bypasses normal "git aware" transport mechanism and clones the repository by making a copy of HEAD and everything under objects and refs directories. - The files under .git/objects/ directory are hardlinked - to save space when possible. + The files under `.git/objects/` directory are hardlinked + to save space when possible. This is now the default when + the source repository is specified with `/path/to/repo` + syntax, so it essentially is a no-op option. To force + copying instead of hardlinking (which may be desirable + if you are trying to make a back-up of your repository), + but still avoid the usual "git aware" transport + mechanism, `--no-hardlinks` can be used. + +--no-hardlinks:: + Optimize the cloning process from a repository on a + local filesystem by copying files under `.git/objects` + directory. --shared:: -s:: diff --git a/Documentation/urls.txt b/Documentation/urls.txt index 781df4174..b38145faf 100644 --- a/Documentation/urls.txt +++ b/Documentation/urls.txt @@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ to name the remote repository: - ssh://{startsb}user@{endsb}host.xz/~/path/to/repo.git =============================================================== -SSH is the default transport protocol. You can optionally specify -which user to log-in as, and an alternate, scp-like syntax is also -supported. Both syntaxes support username expansion, -as does the native git protocol. The following three are -identical to the last three above, respectively: +SSH is the default transport protocol over the network. You can +optionally specify which user to log-in as, and an alternate, +scp-like syntax is also supported. Both syntaxes support +username expansion, as does the native git protocol. The following +three are identical to the last three above, respectively: =============================================================== - {startsb}user@{endsb}host.xz:/path/to/repo.git/ @@ -27,8 +27,12 @@ identical to the last three above, respectively: - {startsb}user@{endsb}host.xz:path/to/repo.git =============================================================== -To sync with a local directory, use: +To sync with a local directory, you can use: =============================================================== - /path/to/repo.git/ +- file:///path/to/repo.git/ =============================================================== + +They are mostly equivalent, except when cloning. See +gitlink:git-clone[1] for details. diff --git a/git-clone.sh b/git-clone.sh index 09225540e..4c9b1c971 100755 --- a/git-clone.sh +++ b/git-clone.sh @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ Perhaps git-update-server-info needs to be run there?" quiet= local=no -use_local=no +use_local_hardlink=yes local_shared=no unset template no_checkout= @@ -108,9 +108,13 @@ while no_checkout=yes ;; *,--na|*,--nak|*,--nake|*,--naked|\ *,-b|*,--b|*,--ba|*,--bar|*,--bare) bare=yes ;; - *,-l|*,--l|*,--lo|*,--loc|*,--loca|*,--local) use_local=yes ;; + *,-l|*,--l|*,--lo|*,--loc|*,--loca|*,--local) + use_local_hardlink=yes ;; + *,--no-h|*,--no-ha|*,--no-har|*,--no-hard|*,--no-hardl|\ + *,--no-hardli|*,--no-hardlin|*,--no-hardlink|*,--no-hardlinks) + use_local_hardlink=no ;; *,-s|*,--s|*,--sh|*,--sha|*,--shar|*,--share|*,--shared) - local_shared=yes; use_local=yes ;; + local_shared=yes; ;; 1,--template) usage ;; *,--template) shift; template="--template=$1" ;; @@ -249,34 +253,36 @@ fi rm -f "$GIT_DIR/CLONE_HEAD" # We do local magic only when the user tells us to. -case "$local,$use_local" in -yes,yes) +case "$local" in +yes) ( cd "$repo/objects" ) || - die "-l flag seen but repository '$repo' is not local." + die "cannot chdir to local '$repo/objects'." - case "$local_shared" in - no) - # See if we can hardlink and drop "l" if not. - sample_file=$(cd "$repo" && \ - find objects -type f -print | sed -e 1q) - - # objects directory should not be empty since we are cloning! - test -f "$repo/$sample_file" || exit - - l= - if ln "$repo/$sample_file" "$GIT_DIR/objects/sample" 2>/dev/null - then - l=l - fi && - rm -f "$GIT_DIR/objects/sample" && - cd "$repo" && - find objects -depth -print | cpio -pumd$l "$GIT_DIR/" || exit 1 - ;; - yes) - mkdir -p "$GIT_DIR/objects/info" - echo "$repo/objects" >> "$GIT_DIR/objects/info/alternates" - ;; - esac + if test "$local_shared" = yes + then + mkdir -p "$GIT_DIR/objects/info" + echo "$repo/objects" >>"$GIT_DIR/objects/info/alternates" + else + l= && + if test "$use_local_hardlink" = yes + then + # See if we can hardlink and drop "l" if not. + sample_file=$(cd "$repo" && \ + find objects -type f -print | sed -e 1q) + # objects directory should not be empty because + # we are cloning! + test -f "$repo/$sample_file" || exit + if ln "$repo/$sample_file" "$GIT_DIR/objects/sample" 2>/dev/null + then + rm -f "$GIT_DIR/objects/sample" + l=l + else + echo >&2 "Warning: -l asked but cannot hardlink to $repo" + fi + fi && + cd "$repo" && + find objects -depth -print | cpio -pumd$l "$GIT_DIR/" || exit 1 + fi git-ls-remote "$repo" >"$GIT_DIR/CLONE_HEAD" || exit 1 ;; *) diff --git a/t/t5500-fetch-pack.sh b/t/t5500-fetch-pack.sh index 7da515361..7b6798d8b 100755 --- a/t/t5500-fetch-pack.sh +++ b/t/t5500-fetch-pack.sh @@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ pull_to_client 2nd "B" $((64*3)) pull_to_client 3rd "A" $((1*3)) # old fails -test_expect_success "clone shallow" "git-clone --depth 2 . shallow" +test_expect_success "clone shallow" "git-clone --depth 2 file://`pwd`/. shallow" (cd shallow; git count-objects -v) > count.shallow diff --git a/t/t5700-clone-reference.sh b/t/t5700-clone-reference.sh index 6d4325259..4e93aaab0 100755 --- a/t/t5700-clone-reference.sh +++ b/t/t5700-clone-reference.sh @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ diff expected current' cd "$base_dir" test_expect_success 'cloning with reference (no -l -s)' \ -'git clone --reference B A D' +'git clone --reference B file://`pwd`/A D' cd "$base_dir" diff --git a/t/t5701-clone-local.sh b/t/t5701-clone-local.sh index b0933274d..a3026ec4f 100755 --- a/t/t5701-clone-local.sh +++ b/t/t5701-clone-local.sh @@ -43,4 +43,21 @@ test_expect_success 'local clone from x.git that does not exist' ' fi ' +test_expect_success 'With -no-hardlinks, local will make a copy' ' + cd "$D" && + git clone --bare --no-hardlinks x w && + cd w && + linked=$(find objects -type f ! -links 1 | wc -l) && + test "$linked" = 0 +' + +test_expect_success 'Even without -l, local will make a hardlink' ' + cd "$D" && + rm -fr w && + git clone -l --bare x w && + cd w && + copied=$(find objects -type f -links 1 | wc -l) && + test "$copied" = 0 +' + test_done |