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@@ -182,11 +182,13 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository.
--depth <depth>::
Create a 'shallow' clone with a history truncated to the
specified number of revisions. A shallow repository has a
- number of limitations (you cannot clone or fetch from
- it, nor push from nor into it), but is adequate if you
- are only interested in the recent history of a large project
- with a long history, and would want to send in fixes
- as patches.
+ number of limitations (you cannot clone or fetch from it, nor
+ push into it), but is adequate if you are only interested in
+ the recent history of a large project with a long history.
++
+Pushing from a shallow clone should be avoided if the git version on
+the receiver end is older than v1.7.10, or any other git
+implementation that does not perform connectivity check.
--[no-]single-branch::
Clone only the history leading to the tip of a single branch,
@@ -239,8 +241,8 @@ Examples
* Clone from upstream:
+
------------
-$ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/.../linux-2.6 my2.6
-$ cd my2.6
+$ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/.../linux.git my-linux
+$ cd my-linux
$ make
------------
@@ -257,10 +259,10 @@ $ 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
+$ git clone --reference /git/linux.git \
+ git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/.../linux.git \
+ my-linux
+$ cd my-linux
------------
@@ -271,13 +273,6 @@ $ 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
-------------
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite