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diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-remote.txt index c258ea48db..79e38fedd7 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-remote.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-remote.txt @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git remote' [-v | --verbose] -'git remote add' [-t <branch>] [-m <master>] [-f] [--tags|--no-tags] [--mirror] <name> <url> +'git remote add' [-t <branch>] [-m <master>] [-f] [--tags|--no-tags] [--mirror=<fetch|push>] <name> <url> 'git remote rename' <old> <new> 'git remote rm' <name> 'git remote set-head' <name> (-a | -d | <branch>) @@ -67,11 +67,18 @@ multiple branches without grabbing all branches. With `-m <master>` option, `$GIT_DIR/remotes/<name>/HEAD` is set up to point at remote's `<master>` branch. See also the set-head command. + -In mirror mode, enabled with `\--mirror`, the refs will not be stored -in the 'refs/remotes/' namespace, but in 'refs/heads/'. This option -only makes sense in bare repositories. If a remote uses mirror -mode, furthermore, `git push` will always behave as if `\--mirror` -was passed. +When a fetch mirror is created with `\--mirror=fetch`, the refs will not +be stored in the 'refs/remotes/' namespace, but rather everything in +'refs/' on the remote will be directly mirrored into 'refs/' in the +local repository. This option only makes sense in bare repositories, +because a fetch would overwrite any local commits. ++ +When a push mirror is created with `\--mirror=push`, then `git push` +will always behave as if `\--mirror` was passed. ++ +The option `\--mirror` (with no type) sets up both push and fetch +mirror configuration. It is kept for historical purposes, and is +probably not what you want. 'rename':: |