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diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt index d5efa00dea..985043faca 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt @@ -16,22 +16,21 @@ SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION ----------- -Clones a repository into a newly created directory. All remote -branch heads are copied under `$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/`, except -that the remote `master` is also copied to `origin` branch. -In addition, `$GIT_DIR/remotes/origin` file is set up to have -this line: +Clones a repository into a newly created directory, creates +remote-tracking branches for each branch in the cloned repository +(visible using `git branch -r`), and creates and checks out a master +branch equal to the cloned repository's master branch. - Pull: master:origin - -This is to help the typical workflow of working off of the -remote `master` branch. Every time `git pull` without argument -is run, the progress on the remote `master` branch is tracked by -copying it into the local `origin` branch, and merged into the -branch you are currently working on. Remote branches other than -`master` are also added there to be tracked. +After the clone, a plain `git fetch` without arguments will update +all the remote-tracking branches, and a `git pull` without +arguments will in addition merge the remote master branch into the +current branch. +This default configuration is achieved by creating references to +the remote branch heads under `$GIT_DIR/refs/remotes/origin` and +by initializing `remote.origin.url` and `remote.origin.fetch` +configuration variables. OPTIONS ------- |