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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"`options` not reusable, nodegit destroys it","articleBody":"https://github.com/nodegit/nodegit/blob/master/lib/clone.js#L21\n\nWhy are you doing this? This prevents reuse, e.g. I want to clone, and then fetch.\n\n``` js\nlet remoteOpts = {\n    remoteCallbacks: {\n        certificateCheck: function () {\n            return 1;\n        },\n        credentials: function (url, username) {\n            return git.Cred.sshKeyFromAgent(username);\n        }\n    }\n};\n\nfunction getFileFromBranch(branch, filePath) {\n    let repository;\n\n    return git.Repository.open(config.git.cloneTo)\n        .catch(function (err) {\n            if (err.message.startsWith('Failed to resolve')) {\n                winston.info('Repo not found, cloning');\n\n                // USED HERE\n                return git.Clone(config.git.repo, config.git.cloneTo, remoteOpts);\n            } else {\n                winston.error(err);\n                throw err;\n            }\n        })\n        .then(function (repo) {\n            repository = repo;\n\n            winston.log('verbose', 'Changing branch');\n            return repo.checkoutBranch(branch);\n        })\n        .catch(function (err) {\n            if (/Reference '([^']+)' not found/.test(err.message)) {\n                winston.info('Branch not found, fetching');\n\n                // USED HERE\n                let remoteCallbacks = remoteOpts.remoteCallbacks;\n                return repository.fetch('origin', remoteCallbacks, true)\n                    .then(function () {\n                        return repository.checkoutBranch(branch);\n                    });\n            } else {\n                winston.error(err);\n                throw err;\n            }\n        })\n        .then(function () {\n            return fs.readFile(path.join(config.git.cloneTo, filePath));\n        });\n}\n```\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/callumacrae","@type":"Person","name":"callumacrae"},"datePublished":"2015-04-09T11:04:51.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":7},"url":"https://github.com/533/nodegit/issues/533"}