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| author |  Tay Ray Chuan <rctay89@gmail.com> | 2009-12-26 01:12:04 +0800 |
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| committer |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2009-12-28 18:49:19 -0800 |
| commit | 488c316334bd9e4e75d4852a50b834298b8cf64d (patch) | |
| tree | 19dbb1068e5bb67df06d824508377c64943406ab /Documentation | |
| parent | check stderr with isatty() instead of stdout when deciding to show progress (diff) | |
| download | tgif-488c316334bd9e4e75d4852a50b834298b8cf64d.tar.xz | |
git-clone.txt: reword description of progress behaviour
Mention progress reporting behaviour in the descriptions for -q/
--quiet and -v/--verbose options, in the style of git-pack-objects.txt.
Signed-off-by: Tay Ray Chuan <rctay89@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-clone.txt | 9 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt index f298fdd4c2..e722e6cfd2 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt @@ -96,13 +96,16 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository. --quiet:: -q:: - Operate quietly. This flag is also passed to the `rsync' + Operate quietly. Progress is not reported to the standard + error stream. This flag is also passed to the `rsync' command when given. --verbose:: -v:: - Display the progress bar, even in case the standard error is not - a terminal. + Progress status is reported on the standard error stream + by default when it is attached to a terminal, unless -q + is specified. This flag forces progress status even if the + standard error stream is not directed to a terminal. --no-checkout:: -n:: |