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diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone-script.txt b/Documentation/git-clone-script.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..afb25bd83c --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/git-clone-script.txt @@ -0,0 +1,60 @@ +git-clone-script(1) +=================== +v0.1, July 2005 + +NAME +---- +git-clone-script - Clones a repository. + + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +'git clone' [-l] [-u <upload-pack>] [-q] <repository> <directory> + +DESCRIPTION +----------- +Clones a repository into a newly created directory. + +OPTIONS +------- +-l:: + When the repository to clone from is on a local machine, + this flag bypasses normal "git aware" transport + mechanism and clones the repository by making a copy of + HEAD and everything under objects and refs directories. + The files under .git/objects/ directory are hardlinked + to save space when possible. + +-q:: + Operate quietly. This flag is passed to "rsync" and + "git-clone-pack" commands when given. + +-u <upload-pack>:: + When given, and the repository to clone from is handled + by 'git-clone-pack', '--exec=<upload-pack>' is passed to + the command to specify non-default path for the command + run on the other end. + +<repository>:: + The (possibly remote) repository to clone from. It can + be an "rsync://host/dir" URL, an "http://host/dir" URL, + or [<host>:]/dir notation that is used by 'git-clone-pack'. + Currently http transport is not supported. + +<directory>:: + The name of a new directory to be cloned into. It is an + error to specify an existing directory. + +Author +------ +Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> + +Documentation +-------------- +Documentation by Junio C Hamano. + + +GIT +--- +Part of the link:git.html[git] suite + |