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diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt index ec41d3d698..35cc34b2fb 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt @@ -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. @@ -194,6 +197,14 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository. 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 |