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Cthulhu_ 3 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Git commands I run before reading any code

Not the poster, but one theory: so you only need to copy one file. Portability.

mr_mitm 3 months ago | [–]

Looks like the above assumes a POSIX shell, so one could argue a dedicated script would actually be more portable.

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