Is there a way to clone a local git repository together with its staged and non-staged changes?

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I want to write a script that clones a local git repo multiple times, but also copies over all non-committed changes over to the cloned repos. Is this possible?

Had a look at git-clone, but didn't see such an option.

score 7 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 28 '13 at 00:58

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Staged and non-staged changes are not a part of the repository so no, you cannot do that. If you want that you can just copy the directory with the repo and the working copy.

answered Feb 28 '13 at 00:58

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Actually, in a weird sense, staged changes _are_ in the repository (they're loose objects whose reference is only in the index, not in any commit in the commit-tree), but in practice your answer (just copy the thing directly) is the easiest way to go. :-) – torek Feb 28 '13 at 01:39

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 28 '13 at 01:37

Do you have direct access to the repo you're cloning? If so, you can just commit all the changes in the source repo (git add -A, git commit -m "non-commited changes"). Then clone the repo and run git reset HEAD^ in those other repos. Once you are done with cloning, also run git reset HEAD^ in your source repo.

That should do exactly what you’re looking for.

Is there a way to clone a local git repository together with its staged and non-staged changes?

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