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diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt index dc7d3d17b1..4b8b26b75e 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt @@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ 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>] + [--separate-git-dir <git dir>] + [--depth <depth>] [--recursive|--recurse-submodules] [--] <repository> + [<directory>] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -128,7 +130,12 @@ 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>:: @@ -152,6 +159,17 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository. Specify the directory from which templates will be used; (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 revisions. A shallow repository has a @@ -162,6 +180,7 @@ 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 @@ -169,6 +188,14 @@ 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) +--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 filesytem-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. See the <<URLS,URLS>> section below for more information on specifying @@ -229,17 +256,6 @@ $ 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 linkgit:git[1] suite |