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diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt index d15cb17d78..42e7021215 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt @@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ SYNOPSIS 'git clone' [--template=<template_directory>] [-l] [-s] [--no-hardlinks] [-q] [-n] [--bare] [--mirror] [-o <name>] [-b <name>] [-u <upload-pack>] [--reference <repository>] - [--depth <depth>] [--recursive] [--] <repository> [<directory>] + [--depth <depth>] [--recursive|--recurse-submodules] [--] <repository> + [<directory>] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -102,7 +103,8 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository. --verbose:: -v:: - Run verbosely. + 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 @@ -127,7 +129,12 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository. configuration variables are created. --mirror:: - Set up a mirror of the remote repository. This implies `--bare`. + 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>:: @@ -149,8 +156,7 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository. --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].) --depth <depth>:: Create a 'shallow' clone with a history truncated to the @@ -162,6 +168,7 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository. as patches. --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 |