When you clone a remote repository you receive

Managing Local and Remote Repositories >>> When you clone a remote repository you receive: >>> Using Git for Distributed Development

A complete copy, including all branches and their detailed history

A read-only version of the repository

A complete copy, including only the most recent commits of each branch

Cloning makes a complete copy by definition

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git archive HEAD | gzip > myproject.tar.gz

git archive | gzip > myproject.tar.gz

git archive HEAD > myproject.tar.gz

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Having the person doing a push if and only if that person has commit privileges for the remote repository

This is normal for projects with only a few well coordinated developers as it can be messy if their are conflicting development paths

Having the person issue a pull request and then having the maintainer take care of it

This is a normal method

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Is used only for integrity comparison purposes

Is naked and thus hidden from public view

Has no working files and is used only for cloning, fetching and pushing

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Configure and enable the git daemon service

Configure and enable the httpd service (web server)

This serves url’s beginning with git://