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commands: remove suggestion to clone via `cp -al`...
Gregory Szorc -
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@@ -1339,18 +1339,6 b' def clone(ui, source, dest=None, **opts)'
1339 incorrectly, but do not report errors. In these cases, use the
1339 incorrectly, but do not report errors. In these cases, use the
1340 --pull option to avoid hardlinking.
1340 --pull option to avoid hardlinking.
1341
1341
1342 In some cases, you can clone repositories and the working
1343 directory using full hardlinks with ::
1344
1345 $ cp -al REPO REPOCLONE
1346
1347 This is the fastest way to clone, but it is not always safe. The
1348 operation is not atomic (making sure REPO is not modified during
1349 the operation is up to you) and you have to make sure your
1350 editor breaks hardlinks (Emacs and most Linux Kernel tools do
1351 so). Also, this is not compatible with certain extensions that
1352 place their metadata under the .hg directory, such as mq.
1353
1354 Mercurial will update the working directory to the first applicable
1342 Mercurial will update the working directory to the first applicable
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