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diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt index 5c16e317f6..f1f2a3f7ea 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt @@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ SYNOPSIS 'git clone' [--template=<template_directory>] [-l] [-s] [--no-hardlinks] [-q] [-n] [--bare] [--mirror] [-o <name>] [-b <name>] [-u <upload-pack>] [--reference <repository>] - [--separate-git-dir <git dir>] + [--dissociate] [--separate-git-dir <git dir>] [--depth <depth>] [--[no-]single-branch] - [--recursive|--recurse-submodules] [--] <repository> + [--recursive | --recurse-submodules] [--] <repository> [<directory>] DESCRIPTION @@ -55,15 +55,12 @@ repository is specified as a URL, then this flag is ignored (and we never use the local optimizations). Specifying `--no-local` will override the default when `/path/to/repo` is given, using the regular Git transport instead. -+ -To force copying instead of hardlinking (which may be desirable if you -are trying to make a back-up of your repository), but still avoid the -usual "Git aware" transport mechanism, `--no-hardlinks` can be used. --no-hardlinks:: - Optimize the cloning process from a repository on a - local filesystem by copying files under `.git/objects` - directory. + Force the cloning process from a repository on a local + filesystem to copy the files under the `.git/objects` + directory instead of using hardlinks. This may be desirable + if you are trying to make a back-up of your repository. --shared:: -s:: @@ -101,7 +98,14 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository. require fewer objects to be copied from the repository being cloned, reducing network and local storage costs. + -*NOTE*: see the NOTE for the `--shared` option. +*NOTE*: see the NOTE for the `--shared` option, and also the +`--dissociate` option. + +--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. --quiet:: -q:: @@ -181,14 +185,9 @@ 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. - ---single-branch:: + specified number of revisions. + +--[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 @@ -213,7 +212,7 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository. --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, - then make a filesytem-agnostic Git symbolic link to there. + then make a filesystem-agnostic Git symbolic link to there. The result is Git repository can be separated from working tree. @@ -239,8 +238,8 @@ 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 +256,10 @@ $ 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 +270,6 @@ $ 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 |