Excerpts from Andrew Dunstan's message of jue jun 10 11:26:59 -0400 2010:
> Why are you cloning over http? Here is the best way to clone, which
> seems to be working:
>
> [andrew@sophia ]$ git clone --mirror
> git://git.postgresql.org/git/postgresql.git
> Initialized empty Git repository in /home/andrew/postgresql.git/
In case you're a git-ignorant like me and are wondering why the above
does not produce a usable checkout, the complete recipe is here:
http://archives.postgresql.org/message-id/20090602162347.GF23972@yugib.highrise.ca
(in short, you need a git clone --reference)
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