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diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt index fdccbd4cbe..2341881614 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt @@ -62,6 +62,14 @@ 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, then delete branches in the + source repository and then run linkgit:git-gc[1] using the + '--prune' option in the source repository, it may remove + objects which are referenced by the cloned repository. + + --reference <repository>:: If the reference repository is on the local machine |