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diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt index f1f2a3f7ea..ec41d3d698 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt @@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ SYNOPSIS [-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>] + [--recursive | --recurse-submodules] [--[no-]shallow-submodules] + [--jobs <n>] [--] <repository> [<directory>] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -104,14 +104,18 @@ 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:: Operate quietly. Progress is not reported to the standard - error stream. This flag is also passed to the `rsync' - command when given. + error stream. --verbose:: -v:: @@ -185,15 +189,15 @@ 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. + specified number of commits. Implies `--single-branch` unless + `--no-single-branch` is given to fetch the histories near the + tips of all branches. If you want to clone submodules shallowly, + also pass `--shallow-submodules`. --[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. + branch remote's `HEAD` points at. 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 @@ -209,6 +213,9 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository. repository does not have a worktree/checkout (i.e. if any of `--no-checkout`/`-n`, `--bare`, or `--mirror` is given) +--[no-]shallow-submodules:: + All submodules which are cloned will be shallow with a depth of 1. + --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, @@ -216,6 +223,10 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository. The result is Git repository can be separated from working tree. +-j <n>:: +--jobs <n>:: + The number of submodules fetched at the same time. + Defaults to the `submodule.fetchJobs` option. <repository>:: The (possibly remote) repository to clone from. See the |