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diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt index 6d98ef3d2a..5c16e317f6 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ OPTIONS --local:: -l:: When the repository to clone from is on a local machine, - this flag bypasses the normal "git aware" transport + this flag bypasses the normal "Git aware" transport mechanism and clones the repository by making a copy of HEAD and everything under objects and refs directories. The files under `.git/objects/` directory are hardlinked @@ -54,11 +54,11 @@ this is the default, and --local is essentially a no-op. If the repository is specified as a URL, then this flag is ignored (and we never use the local optimizations). Specifying `--no-local` will override the default when `/path/to/repo` is given, using the regular -git transport instead. +Git transport instead. + To force copying instead of hardlinking (which may be desirable if you are trying to make a back-up of your repository), but still avoid the -usual "git aware" transport mechanism, `--no-hardlinks` can be used. +usual "Git aware" transport mechanism, `--no-hardlinks` can be used. --no-hardlinks:: Optimize the cloning process from a repository on a @@ -76,9 +76,9 @@ usual "git aware" transport mechanism, `--no-hardlinks` can be used. *NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use it unless you understand what it does. If you clone your repository using this option and then delete branches (or use any -other git command that makes any existing commit unreferenced) in the +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`) +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. @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository. No checkout of HEAD is performed after the clone is complete. --bare:: - Make a 'bare' GIT repository. That is, instead of + Make a 'bare' Git repository. That is, instead of creating `<directory>` and placing the administrative files in `<directory>/.git`, make the `<directory>` itself the `$GIT_DIR`. This obviously implies the `-n` @@ -196,9 +196,9 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository. `--no-single-branch` is given to fetch the histories near the tips of all branches. Further fetches into the resulting repository will only update the - remote tracking branch for the branch this option was used for 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 - branch when `--single-branch` clone was made, no remote tracking + branch when `--single-branch` clone was made, no remote-tracking branch is created. --recursive:: @@ -213,8 +213,8 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository. --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 + then make a filesytem-agnostic Git symbolic link to there. + The result is Git repository can be separated from working tree. |