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    <p>If I make a copy of a tracked folder using <code>rsync -a</code> or <code>cp -R</code>, can I then use the copy as if it were a git clone, or will that cause all sorts of weird problems? This is all running on my computer, so no one else is accessing the repository.</p> <p>Obviously, the git-cloned dir know where it was copied from, so I can do <code>git pull</code> without specifying a source, but assuming I am willing to live without that, is there something I need to worry about?</p> <p>As an experiment, I created a little project, <code>clone</code>d it and <code>rsync</code>ed it, and <code>diff</code>ed the resulting folders. Here are the results:</p> <pre><code>itsadok@quad ~ $ git clone project/.git project2 Initialized empty Git repository in /home/itsadok/project2/.git/ itsadok@quad ~ $ rsync -a project/ project3/ itsadok@quad ~ $ diff -r project2 project3 Only in project3/.git: COMMIT_EDITMSG diff -r project2/.git/config project3/.git/config 7,12d6 &lt; [remote "origin"] &lt; url = /home/itsadok/project/.git &lt; fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/* &lt; [branch "master"] &lt; remote = origin &lt; merge = refs/heads/master Files project2/.git/index and project3/.git/index differ diff -r project2/.git/logs/HEAD project3/.git/logs/HEAD 1c1 &lt; 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 bf6be23d68d0ede45aca7479795693bfba76e73a itsadok &lt;itsadok@quad.(none)&gt; 1242131284 +0300 clone: from /home/itsadok/project/.git --- &gt; 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 bf6be23d68d0ede45aca7479795693bfba76e73a itsadok &lt;itsadok@quad.(none)&gt; 1242131066 +0300 commit (initial): first commit diff -r project2/.git/logs/refs/heads/master project3/.git/logs/refs/heads/master 1c1 &lt; 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 bf6be23d68d0ede45aca7479795693bfba76e73a itsadok &lt;itsadok@quad.(none)&gt; 1242131284 +0300 clone: from /home/itsadok/project/.git --- &gt; 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 bf6be23d68d0ede45aca7479795693bfba76e73a itsadok &lt;itsadok@quad.(none)&gt; 1242131066 +0300 commit (initial): first commit Only in project2/.git/logs/refs: remotes Only in project2/.git: packed-refs Only in project2/.git/refs: remotes </code></pre> <p>There's quite a bit of a difference, but most of it seems to be about the reference to the origin. Am I right?</p>
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    1. COI don't know the answer, but I'd guess it would be fine. I am very curious why you need (want?) to though.
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    2. COThe need arose for me twice already, once for a backup folder onto which I made some changes, and once when I wanted to clone a repo that was on a Windows machine behind a NAT that didn't have sshd on it... but mostly, I want to have a better understanding of how git works.
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