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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-clone.txt | 7 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt index dc7d3d17b1..ab7293351d 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt @@ -128,7 +128,12 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository. configuration variables are created. --mirror:: - Set up a mirror of the remote repository. This implies `--bare`. + Set up a mirror of the source repository. This implies `--bare`. + Compared to `--bare`, `--mirror` not only maps local branches of the + source to local branches of the target, it maps all refs (including + remote branches, notes etc.) and sets up a refspec configuration such + that all these refs are overwritten by a `git remote update` in the + target repository. --origin <name>:: -o <name>:: |