Create an empty directory and running this script in there would let you see the original Octopus in action.
--- #!/bin/sh test -d .saved-git || { U=http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git GIT_DIR=.saved-git export GIT_DIR git-init-db : >$GIT_DIR/FETCH_HEAD h=0 while read SHA1 do git-http-pull -a -v $SHA1 $U h=$(expr $h + 1) echo $SHA1 >$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/H$h echo "$SHA1 heads/H$h" >>$GIT_DIR/FETCH_HEAD done <<\EOF fc54a9c30ccad3fde5890d2c0ca2e2acc0848fbc 9e30dd7c0ecc9f10372f31539d0122db97418353 c4b83e618f1df7d8ecc9392fa40e5bebccbe6b5a 660265909fc178581ef327076716dfd3550e6e7b b28858bf65d4fd6d8bb070865518ec43817fe7f3 EOF echo ed4eeaf203d0f293bd5ffc2a0ad8711f052db1f3 >$GIT_DIR/HEAD } rm -fr testing git clone -l ./.saved-git testing cp .saved-git/FETCH_HEAD testing/.git/. cd testing || exit git show-branches git checkout git octopus || exit git show-branches git-rev-list --max-count=1 --pretty HEAD - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html