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diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt index bf24f1813a..097e6a86c5 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt @@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ SYNOPSIS [--dissociate] [--separate-git-dir <git dir>] [--depth <depth>] [--[no-]single-branch] [--no-tags] [--recurse-submodules[=<pathspec>]] [--[no-]shallow-submodules] - [--[no-]remote-submodules] [--jobs <n>] [--sparse] [--] <repository> + [--[no-]remote-submodules] [--jobs <n>] [--sparse] + [--filter=<filter>] [--] <repository> [<directory>] DESCRIPTION @@ -77,9 +78,9 @@ 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. +which automatically call `git maintenance run --auto`. (See +linkgit:git-maintenance[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 `--local` option in a repository cloned with `--shared` will copy objects from the source repository into a pack @@ -162,6 +163,16 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository. of the repository. The sparse-checkout file can be modified to grow the working directory as needed. +--filter=<filter-spec>:: + Use the partial clone feature and request that the server sends + a subset of reachable objects according to a given object filter. + When using `--filter`, the supplied `<filter-spec>` is used for + the partial clone filter. For example, `--filter=blob:none` will + filter out all blobs (file contents) until needed by Git. Also, + `--filter=blob:limit=<size>` will filter out all blobs of size + at least `<size>`. For more details on filter specifications, see + the `--filter` option in linkgit:git-rev-list[1]. + --mirror:: Set up a mirror of the source repository. This implies `--bare`. Compared to `--bare`, `--mirror` not only maps local branches of the @@ -248,7 +259,7 @@ maintain a branch with no references other than a single cloned branch. This is useful e.g. to maintain minimal clones of the default branch of some repository for search indexing. ---recurse-submodules[=<pathspec]:: +--recurse-submodules[=<pathspec>]:: After the clone is created, initialize and clone submodules within based on the provided pathspec. If no pathspec is provided, all submodules are initialized and cloned. |