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@@ -104,8 +104,13 @@ 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::