From: Siraaj Khandkar <siraaj@khandkar.net>
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2014 18:20:07 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: Replace 'cp' with 'git clone'
X-Git-Url: https://git.xandkar.net/?p=git-cheat-sheet.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=fe79085123faf9e524caa33bf00f0024b6589960

Replace 'cp' with 'git clone'
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d6a1454..3dbce00 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Splitting a repo
 
 ##### Remove history of all but select files in cloned repo
 ```sh
-$ cp -Rp old new
+$ git clone old new
 $ cd new
 $ git clean -dfx
 $ git gc --aggressive --prune=now