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author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2011-11-10 09:05:31 -0800 |
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committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2011-11-10 09:05:31 -0800 |
commit | 77f143bf3e218857ec8e5244d7e862e8e0c1a041 (patch) | |
tree | 9f720e61941241b53a4f258d0dc62e5a9a360aa8 /Documentation/git-clone.txt | |
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt index 227f092e26..b14de6c407 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt @@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ git-clone - Clone a repository into a new directory SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git-clone' [--template=<template_directory>] - [-l] [-s] [--no-hardlinks] [-q] [-n] [--bare] +'git clone' [--template=<template_directory>] + [-l] [-s] [--no-hardlinks] [-q] [-n] [--bare] [--mirror] [-o <name>] [-u <upload-pack>] [--reference <repository>] - [--depth <depth>] <repository> [<directory>] + [--depth <depth>] [--] <repository> [<directory>] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -62,19 +62,38 @@ OPTIONS .git/objects/info/alternates to share the objects with the source repository. The resulting repository starts out without any object of its own. ++ +*NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use +it unless you understand what it does. If you clone your +repository using this option and then delete branches (or use any +other git command that makes any existing commit unreferenced) in the +source repository, some objects may become unreferenced (or dangling). +These objects may be removed by normal git operations (such as 'git-commit') +which automatically call `git gc --auto`. (See linkgit:git-gc[1].) +If these objects are removed and were referenced by the cloned repository, +then the cloned repository will become corrupt. + + --reference <repository>:: If the reference repository is on the local machine automatically setup .git/objects/info/alternates to obtain objects from the reference repository. Using an already existing repository as an alternate will - require less objects to be copied from the repository + require fewer objects to be copied from the repository being cloned, reducing network and local storage costs. ++ +*NOTE*: see NOTE to --shared option. --quiet:: -q:: - Operate quietly. This flag is passed to "rsync" and - "git-fetch-pack" commands when given. + Operate quietly. This flag is also passed to the `rsync' + command when given. + +--verbose:: +-v:: + Display the progressbar, even in case the standard output is not + a terminal. --no-checkout:: -n:: @@ -92,16 +111,18 @@ OPTIONS used, neither remote-tracking branches nor the related configuration variables are created. +--mirror:: + Set up a mirror of the remote repository. This implies --bare. + --origin <name>:: -o <name>:: Instead of using the remote name 'origin' to keep track - of the upstream repository, use <name> instead. + of the upstream repository, use <name>. --upload-pack <upload-pack>:: -u <upload-pack>:: - When given, and the repository to clone from is handled - by 'git-fetch-pack', '--exec=<upload-pack>' is passed to - the command to specify non-default path for the command + When given, and the repository to clone from is accessed + via ssh, this specifies a non-default path for the command run on the other end. --template=<template_directory>:: @@ -111,11 +132,11 @@ OPTIONS --depth <depth>:: Create a 'shallow' clone with a history truncated to the - specified number of revs. A shallow repository has + specified number of revisions. A shallow repository has a number of limitations (you cannot clone or fetch from it, nor push from nor into it), but is adequate if you - want to only look at near the tip of a large project - with a long history, and would want to send in a fixes + are only interested in the recent history of a large project + with a long history, and would want to send in fixes as patches. <repository>:: @@ -128,8 +149,9 @@ OPTIONS part of the source repository is used if no directory is explicitly given ("repo" for "/path/to/repo.git" and "foo" for "host.xz:foo/.git"). Cloning into an existing directory - is not allowed. + is only allowed if the directory is empty. +:git-clone: 1 include::urls.txt[] Examples @@ -190,4 +212,4 @@ Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. GIT --- -Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite +Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |