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| author |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2012-01-31 22:24:23 -0800 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2012-01-31 22:24:23 -0800 |
| commit | 5ce2b97d2c2890e4ee1dd3bc936ea20d71f830ae (patch) | |
| tree | 369fb774d445e9bdbe25f8042fa2880eb3bece1a /Documentation | |
| parent | Merge branch 'da/maint-mergetool-twoway' (diff) | |
| parent | clone: fix up delay cloning conditions (diff) | |
| download | tgif-5ce2b97d2c2890e4ee1dd3bc936ea20d71f830ae.tar.xz | |
Merge branch 'nd/clone-detached'
* nd/clone-detached:
clone: fix up delay cloning conditions
push: do not let configured foreign-vcs permanently clobbered
clone: print advice on checking out detached HEAD
clone: allow --branch to take a tag
clone: refuse to clone if --branch points to bogus ref
clone: --branch=<branch> always means refs/heads/<branch>
clone: delay cloning until after remote HEAD checking
clone: factor out remote ref writing
clone: factor out HEAD update code
clone: factor out checkout code
clone: write detached HEAD in bare repositories
t5601: add missing && cascade
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-clone.txt | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt index 0931a3e392..6e22522c4f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt @@ -147,8 +147,9 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository. -b <name>:: Instead of pointing the newly created HEAD to the branch pointed to by the cloned repository's HEAD, point to `<name>` branch - instead. In a non-bare repository, this is the branch that will - be checked out. + instead. `--branch` can also take tags and treat them like + detached HEAD. In a non-bare repository, this is the branch + that will be checked out. --upload-pack <upload-pack>:: -u <upload-pack>:: |