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		Cthulhu_ 25 days 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 24 days 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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