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diff --git a/content/post/git-cloning-similar-repositories.md b/content/post/git-cloning-similar-repositories.md index 96ea7b4..517ff4d 100644 --- a/content/post/git-cloning-similar-repositories.md +++ b/content/post/git-cloning-similar-repositories.md @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ -+++ -Categories = ["Development"] -Description = "Speed up cloning of similar git repositories" -Tags = ["git"] -title = "Cloning Similar Git Repositories" -date = 2014-06-22T08:35:24Z -+++ +--- +Categories: ["Development"] +Description: "Speed up cloning of similar git repositories" +Tags: ["git"] +title: "Cloning Similar Git Repositories" +date: 2014-06-22T08:35:24Z +--- With multiple similar git repositories, for example where a base repository contains a framework or base system installation and other repositories are created from that repository, it's possible to save some time when cloning down another repository by using the `reference` option to [git-clone][]: git clone git@github.com/my/repo --reference another-repo @@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ On a related note, I'm surprised that [GitHub][] doesn't allow for multiple rena [git-clone]:https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-clone.html [GitHub]:https://github.com -[BitBucket]:https://bitbucket.org/ \ No newline at end of file +[BitBucket]:https://bitbucket.org/ |