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diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt index f1f2a3f7ea..83c8e9b394 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt @@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ SYNOPSIS [-l] [-s] [--no-hardlinks] [-q] [-n] [--bare] [--mirror] [-o <name>] [-b <name>] [-u <upload-pack>] [--reference <repository>] [--dissociate] [--separate-git-dir <git dir>] - [--depth <depth>] [--[no-]single-branch] - [--recursive | --recurse-submodules] [--] <repository> - [<directory>] + [--depth <depth>] [--[no-]single-branch] [--no-tags] + [--recurse-submodules] [--[no-]shallow-submodules] + [--jobs <n>] [--] <repository> [<directory>] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -90,13 +90,16 @@ If you want to break the dependency of a repository cloned with `-s` on its source repository, you can simply run `git repack -a` to copy all objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository. ---reference <repository>:: +--reference[-if-able] <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 fewer objects to be copied from the repository being cloned, reducing network and local storage costs. + When using the `--reference-if-able`, a non existing + directory is skipped with a warning instead of aborting + the clone. + *NOTE*: see the NOTE for the `--shared` option, and also the `--dissociate` option. @@ -104,14 +107,18 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository. --dissociate:: Borrow the objects from reference repositories specified with the `--reference` options only to reduce network - transfer and stop borrowing from them after a clone is made - by making necessary local copies of borrowed objects. + transfer, and stop borrowing from them after a clone is made + by making necessary local copies of borrowed objects. This + option can also be used when cloning locally from a + repository that already borrows objects from another + repository--the new repository will borrow objects from the + same repository, and this option can be used to stop the + borrowing. --quiet:: -q:: Operate quietly. Progress is not reported to the standard - error stream. This flag is also passed to the `rsync' - command when given. + error stream. --verbose:: -v:: @@ -185,30 +192,57 @@ 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. + specified number of commits. Implies `--single-branch` unless + `--no-single-branch` is given to fetch the histories near the + tips of all branches. If you want to clone submodules shallowly, + also pass `--shallow-submodules`. + +--shallow-since=<date>:: + Create a shallow clone with a history after the specified time. + +--shallow-exclude=<revision>:: + Create a shallow clone with a history, excluding commits + reachable from a specified remote branch or tag. This option + can be specified multiple times. --[no-]single-branch:: Clone only the history leading to the tip of a single branch, either specified by the `--branch` option or the primary - branch remote's `HEAD` points at. When creating a shallow - clone with the `--depth` option, this is the default, unless - `--no-single-branch` is given to fetch the histories near the - tips of all branches. + branch remote's `HEAD` points at. Further fetches into the resulting repository will only update the remote-tracking branch for the branch this option was used for the initial cloning. If the HEAD at the remote did not point at any branch when `--single-branch` clone was made, no remote-tracking branch is created. ---recursive:: ---recurse-submodules:: - After the clone is created, initialize all submodules within, - using their default settings. This is equivalent to running +--no-tags:: + Don't clone any tags, and set + `remote.<remote>.tagOpt=--no-tags` in the config, ensuring + that future `git pull` and `git fetch` operations won't follow + any tags. Subsequent explicit tag fetches will still work, + (see linkgit:git-fetch[1]). ++ +Can be used in conjunction with `--single-branch` to clone and +maintain a branch with no references other than a single cloned +branch. This is useful e.g. to maintain minimal clones of the default +branch of some repository for search indexing. + +--recurse-submodules[=<pathspec]:: + After the clone is created, initialize and clone submodules + within based on the provided pathspec. If no pathspec is + provided, all submodules are initialized and cloned. + Submodules are initialized and cloned using their default + settings. The resulting clone has `submodule.active` set to + the provided pathspec, or "." (meaning all submodules) if no + pathspec is provided. This is equivalent to running `git submodule update --init --recursive` immediately after the clone is finished. This option is ignored if the cloned repository does not have a worktree/checkout (i.e. if any of `--no-checkout`/`-n`, `--bare`, or `--mirror` is given) +--[no-]shallow-submodules:: + All submodules which are cloned will be shallow with a depth of 1. + --separate-git-dir=<git dir>:: Instead of placing the cloned repository where it is supposed to be, place the cloned repository at the specified directory, @@ -216,6 +250,10 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository. The result is Git repository can be separated from working tree. +-j <n>:: +--jobs <n>:: + The number of submodules fetched at the same time. + Defaults to the `submodule.fetchJobs` option. <repository>:: The (possibly remote) repository to clone from. See the |