[sr-dev] how can i make a copy of files in sr_3.0 branch?

[Andrei Pelinescu-Onciul]

On Oct 10, 2009 at 10:55, Juha Heinanen <jh at tutpro.com> wrote:
> assuming that i have cloned sr repository like this:
> 
> git clone ssh://user@git.sip-router.org/sip-router sip-router
> 
> how can i make copy of sip-router branch sr_3.0 directory, i.e., copy of
> all directories/files of that branch?

If you mean a copy without the git info/history, then either try
 git archive (e.g. git archive origin/sr_3.0 > sr3.tar
or to copy it in tmp/sr3 
git archive --prefix=sr3 origin/sr_3.0 | (cd /tmp/ && tar xf -) 
or directly from the remote repository, without a local clone:
 git archive -v --remote=ssh://.... --prefix=sr3  sr_3.0 > sr3.tar)

or use make tar:

git checkout origin/sr_3.0
make tar

If you want to work on the branch (and not use it only for creating
archives), use 
git checkout -b <local_name> origin/sr_3.0 
(e.g. git checkout -b sr_3.0 origin/sr_3.0) and keep it up-to-date with
git pull --rebase origin sr_3.0 (the same as for master or any other
branch).

> 
> or alternatively, how can i clone just sr_3.0 branch without any other
> stuff?

You can limit the history cloned using git clone --depth <depth> ....
, but then you will not able to push changes you made on it or clone it
further and you will still have a .git subdir.

Andrei