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diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt index 6d32c491a5..f1f2a3f7ea 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt @@ -3,31 +3,37 @@ git-clone(1) NAME ---- -git-clone - Clones a repository into a new directory +git-clone - Clone a repository into a new directory SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git-clone' [--template=<template_directory>] [-l [-s]] [-q] [-n] [--bare] - [-o <name>] [-u <upload-pack>] [--reference <repository>] - [--depth <depth>] <repository> [<directory>] +'git clone' [--template=<template_directory>] + [-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>] DESCRIPTION ----------- Clones a repository into a newly created directory, creates remote-tracking branches for each branch in the cloned repository -(visible using `git branch -r`), and creates and checks out an initial -branch equal to the cloned repository's currently active branch. +(visible using `git branch -r`), and creates and checks out an +initial branch that is forked from the cloned repository's +currently active branch. After the clone, a plain `git fetch` without arguments will update all the remote-tracking branches, and a `git pull` without arguments will in addition merge the remote master branch into the -current master branch, if any. +current master branch, if any (this is untrue when "--single-branch" +is given; see below). This default configuration is achieved by creating references to -the remote branch heads under `$GIT_DIR/refs/remotes/origin` and +the remote branch heads under `refs/remotes/origin` and by initializing `remote.origin.url` and `remote.origin.fetch` configuration variables. @@ -37,38 +43,93 @@ OPTIONS --local:: -l:: When the repository to clone from is on a local machine, - this flag bypasses normal "git aware" transport + this flag bypasses the 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 + The files under `.git/objects/` directory are hardlinked to save space when possible. ++ +If the repository is specified as a local path (e.g., `/path/to/repo`), +this is the default, and --local is essentially a no-op. If the +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. + +--no-hardlinks:: + 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:: 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 + `.git/objects/info/alternates` to share the objects with the source repository. The resulting repository starts out without any object of its own. ++ +*NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use +it unless you understand what it does. If you clone your +repository using this option and then delete branches (or use any +other Git command that makes any existing commit unreferenced) in the +source repository, some objects may become unreferenced (or dangling). +These objects may be removed by normal Git operations (such as `git commit`) +which automatically call `git gc --auto`. (See linkgit:git-gc[1].) +If these objects are removed and were referenced by the cloned repository, +then the cloned repository will become corrupt. ++ +Note that running `git repack` without the `-l` option in a repository +cloned with `-s` will copy objects from the source repository into a pack +in the cloned repository, removing the disk space savings of `clone -s`. +It is safe, however, to run `git gc`, which uses the `-l` option by +default. ++ +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>:: - If the reference repository is on the local machine - automatically setup .git/objects/info/alternates to + 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 + 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, 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:: - Operate quietly. This flag is passed to "rsync" and - "git-fetch-pack" commands when given. - + Operate quietly. Progress is not reported to the standard + error stream. This flag is also passed to the `rsync' + command when given. + +--verbose:: +-v:: + Run verbosely. Does not affect the reporting of progress status + to the standard error stream. + +--progress:: + Progress status is reported on the standard error stream + by default when it is attached to a terminal, unless -q + is specified. This flag forces progress status even if the + standard error stream is not directed to a terminal. + +--no-checkout:: -n:: No checkout of HEAD is performed after the clone is complete. --bare:: - Make a 'bare' GIT repository. That is, instead of + 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 obviously implies the `-n` @@ -79,100 +140,136 @@ OPTIONS used, neither remote-tracking branches nor the related configuration variables are created. +--mirror:: + Set up a mirror of the source repository. This implies `--bare`. + Compared to `--bare`, `--mirror` not only maps local branches of the + source to local branches of the target, it maps all refs (including + remote-tracking branches, notes etc.) and sets up a refspec configuration such + that all these refs are overwritten by a `git remote update` in the + target repository. + --origin <name>:: -o <name>:: - Instead of using the remote name 'origin' to keep track - of the upstream repository, use <name> instead. + Instead of using the remote name `origin` to keep track + of the upstream repository, use `<name>`. + +--branch <name>:: +-b <name>:: + Instead of pointing the newly created HEAD to the branch pointed + to by the cloned repository's HEAD, point to `<name>` branch + instead. In a non-bare repository, this is the branch that will + be checked out. + `--branch` can also take tags and detaches the HEAD at that commit + in the resulting repository. --upload-pack <upload-pack>:: -u <upload-pack>:: - When given, and the repository to clone from is handled - by 'git-fetch-pack', '--exec=<upload-pack>' is passed to - the command to specify non-default path for the command + When given, and the repository to clone from is accessed + via ssh, this specifies a 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`. + (See the "TEMPLATE DIRECTORY" section of linkgit:git-init[1].) + +--config <key>=<value>:: +-c <key>=<value>:: + Set a configuration variable in the newly-created repository; + this takes effect immediately after the repository is + initialized, but before the remote history is fetched or any + files checked out. The key is in the same format as expected by + linkgit:git-config[1] (e.g., `core.eol=true`). If multiple + values are given for the same key, each value will be written to + the config file. This makes it safe, for example, to add + additional fetch refspecs to the origin remote. --depth <depth>:: Create a 'shallow' clone with a history truncated to the - specified number of revs. A shallow repository has - number of limitations (you cannot clone or fetch from - it, nor push from nor into it), but is adequate if you - want to only look at near the tip of a large project - with a long history, and would want to send in a fixes - as patches. + 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 + 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. + 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 + `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) + +--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 filesystem-agnostic Git symbolic link to there. + The result is Git repository can be separated from working + tree. + <repository>:: - The (possibly remote) repository to clone from. It can - be any URL git-fetch supports. + The (possibly remote) repository to clone from. See the + <<URLS,URLS>> section below for more information on specifying + repositories. <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. + explicitly given (`repo` for `/path/to/repo.git` and `foo` + for `host.xz:foo/.git`). Cloning into an existing directory + is only allowed if the directory is empty. + +:git-clone: 1 +include::urls.txt[] Examples -------- -Clone from upstream:: +* 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 ------------ -Make a local clone that borrows from the current directory, without checking things out:: +* Make a local clone that borrows from the current directory, without checking things out: + ------------ $ git clone -l -s -n . ../copy -$ cd copy +$ cd ../copy $ git show-branch ------------ -Clone from upstream while borrowing from an existing local directory:: +* 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 ------------ -Create a bare repository to publish your changes to the public:: +* 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 - +Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |