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| author |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2014-02-27 14:01:43 -0800 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2014-02-27 14:01:43 -0800 |
| commit | d8a1bac1d49dfe8879000e2bd07d138d3088f5b4 (patch) | |
| tree | 653472a67905cd986e426f3149d0996dff6262b1 /Documentation/git-clone.txt | |
| parent | Merge branch 'jk/test-ports' (diff) | |
| parent | docs/git-blame: explain more clearly the example pickaxe use (diff) | |
| download | tgif-d8a1bac1d49dfe8879000e2bd07d138d3088f5b4.tar.xz | |
Merge branch 'al/docs'
A handful of documentation updates, all trivially harmless.
* al/docs:
docs/git-blame: explain more clearly the example pickaxe use
docs/git-clone: clarify use of --no-hardlinks option
docs/git-remote: capitalize first word of initial blurb
docs/merge-strategies: remove hyphen from mis-merges
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-clone.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-clone.txt | 11 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt index bf3dac0cef..0363d0039b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt @@ -55,15 +55,12 @@ repository is specified as a URL, then this flag is ignored (and we never use the local optimizations). Specifying `--no-local` will override the default when `/path/to/repo` is given, using the regular Git transport instead. -+ -To force copying instead of hardlinking (which may be desirable if you -are trying to make a back-up of your repository), but still avoid the -usual "Git aware" transport mechanism, `--no-hardlinks` can be used. --no-hardlinks:: - Optimize the cloning process from a repository on a - local filesystem by copying files under `.git/objects` - directory. + Force the cloning process from a repository on a local + filesystem to copy the files under the `.git/objects` + directory instead of using hardlinks. This may be desirable + if you are trying to make a back-up of your repository. --shared:: -s:: |