};
 
 static int option_no_checkout, option_bare, option_mirror, option_single_branch = -1;
-static int option_local, option_no_hardlinks, option_shared, option_recursive;
+static int option_local = -1, option_no_hardlinks, option_shared, option_recursive;
 static char *option_template, *option_depth;
 static char *option_origin = NULL;
 static char *option_branch = NULL;
 static const char *real_git_dir;
 static char *option_upload_pack = "git-upload-pack";
 static int option_verbosity;
-static int option_progress;
+static int option_progress = -1;
 static struct string_list option_config;
 static struct string_list option_reference;
 
 
 static struct option builtin_clone_options[] = {
        OPT__VERBOSITY(&option_verbosity),
-       OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "progress", &option_progress,
-                       "force progress reporting"),
+       OPT_BOOL(0, "progress", &option_progress,
+                "force progress reporting"),
        OPT_BOOLEAN('n', "no-checkout", &option_no_checkout,
                    "don't create a checkout"),
        OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "bare", &option_bare, "create a bare repository"),
                PARSE_OPT_NOARG | PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN },
        OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "mirror", &option_mirror,
                    "create a mirror repository (implies bare)"),
-       OPT_BOOLEAN('l', "local", &option_local,
-                   "to clone from a local repository"),
+       OPT_BOOL('l', "local", &option_local,
+               "to clone from a local repository"),
        OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "no-hardlinks", &option_no_hardlinks,
                    "don't use local hardlinks, always copy"),
        OPT_BOOLEAN('s', "shared", &option_shared,
                if (!option_no_hardlinks) {
                        if (!link(src->buf, dest->buf))
                                continue;
-                       if (option_local)
+                       if (option_local > 0)
                                die_errno(_("failed to create link '%s'"), dest->buf);
                        option_no_hardlinks = 1;
                }
        opts.update = 1;
        opts.merge = 1;
        opts.fn = oneway_merge;
-       opts.verbose_update = (option_verbosity > 0);
+       opts.verbose_update = (option_verbosity >= 0);
        opts.src_index = &the_index;
        opts.dst_index = &the_index;
 
                die(_("repository '%s' does not exist"), repo_name);
        else
                repo = repo_name;
-       is_local = path && !is_bundle;
+       is_local = option_local != 0 && path && !is_bundle;
        if (is_local && option_depth)
                warning(_("--depth is ignored in local clones; use file:// instead."));