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diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..94d9393372 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt @@ -0,0 +1,167 @@ +git-clone(1) +============ + +NAME +---- +git-clone - Clones a repository + + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +[verse] +'git-clone' [--template=<template_directory>] [-l [-s]] [-q] [-n] [--bare] + [-o <name>] [-u <upload-pack>] [--reference <repository>] + <repository> [<directory>] + +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: + + 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. + + +OPTIONS +------- +--local:: +-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. + +--shared:: +-s:: + When the repository to clone is on the local machine, + instead of using hard links, automatically setup + .git/objects/info/alternates to share the objects + with the source repository. The resulting repository + starts out without any object of its own. + +--reference <repository>:: + If the reference repository is on the local machine + automatically setup .git/objects/info/alternates to + obtain objects from the reference repository. Using + an already existing repository as an alternate will + require less objects to be copied from the repository + being cloned, reducing network and local storage costs. + +--quiet:: +-q:: + Operate quietly. This flag is passed to "rsync" and + "git-clone-pack" commands when given. + +-n:: + No checkout of HEAD is performed after the clone is complete. + +--bare:: + Make a 'bare' GIT repository. That is, instead of + creating `<directory>` and placing the administrative + files in `<directory>/.git`, make the `<directory>` + itself the `$GIT_DIR`. This implies `-n` option. When + this option is used, neither the `origin` branch nor the + default `remotes/origin` file is created. + +-o <name>:: + Instead of using the branch name 'origin' to keep track + of the upstream repository, use <name> instead. Note + that the shorthand name stored in `remotes/origin` is + not affected, but the local branch name to pull the + remote `master` branch into is. + +--upload-pack <upload-pack>:: +-u <upload-pack>:: + When given, and the repository to clone from is handled + by 'git-clone-pack', '--exec=<upload-pack>' is passed to + the command to specify non-default path for the command + run on the other end. + +--template=<template_directory>:: + Specify the directory from which templates will be used; + if unset the templates are taken from the installation + defined default, typically `/usr/share/git-core/templates`. + +<repository>:: + The (possibly remote) repository to clone from. It can + be any URL git-fetch supports. + +<directory>:: + The name of a new directory to clone into. The "humanish" + part of the source repository is used if no directory is + explicitly given ("repo" for "/path/to/repo.git" and "foo" + for "host.xz:foo/.git"). Cloning into an existing directory + is not allowed. + +Examples +-------- + +Clone from upstream:: ++ +------------ +$ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/.../linux-2.6 my2.6 +$ cd my2.6 +$ make +------------ + + +Make a local clone that borrows from the current directory, without checking things out:: ++ +------------ +$ git clone -l -s -n . ../copy +$ cd copy +$ git show-branch +------------ + + +Clone from upstream while borrowing from an existing local directory:: ++ +------------ +$ git clone --reference my2.6 \ + git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/.../linux-2.7 \ + my2.7 +$ cd my2.7 +------------ + + +Create a bare repository to publish your changes to the public:: ++ +------------ +$ git clone --bare -l /home/proj/.git /pub/scm/proj.git +------------ + + +Create a repository on the kernel.org machine that borrows from Linus:: ++ +------------ +$ git clone --bare -l -s /pub/scm/.../torvalds/linux-2.6.git \ + /pub/scm/.../me/subsys-2.6.git +------------ + + +Author +------ +Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> + + +Documentation +-------------- +Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. + + +GIT +--- +Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite + |