Document git aliases support

diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index ffa4fb0a03b54526743178e71b9956e50c8d298d..94d93933721274be4b5c4e3f5694593ec74fd22c 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -3,13 +3,14 @@ git-clone(1)
 
 NAME
 ----
-git-clone - Clones a repository.
+git-clone - Clones a repository
 
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git-clone' [-l [-s]] [-q] [-n] [-u <upload-pack>]
+'git-clone' [--template=<template_directory>] [-l [-s]] [-q] [-n] [--bare]
+         [-o <name>] [-u <upload-pack>] [--reference <repository>]
          <repository> [<directory>]
 
 DESCRIPTION
@@ -46,10 +47,18 @@ OPTIONS
 -s::
        When the repository to clone is on the local machine,
        instead of using hard links, automatically setup
-       .git/objects/info/alternatives to share the objects
+       .git/objects/info/alternates to share the objects
        with the source repository.  The resulting repository
        starts out without any object of its own.
 
+--reference <repository>::
+       If the reference repository is on the local machine
+       automatically setup .git/objects/info/alternates to
+       obtain objects from the reference repository.  Using
+       an already existing repository as an alternate will
+       require less objects to be copied from the repository
+       being cloned, reducing network and local storage costs.
+
 --quiet::
 -q::
        Operate quietly.  This flag is passed to "rsync" and
@@ -58,6 +67,21 @@ OPTIONS
 -n::
        No checkout of HEAD is performed after the clone is complete.
 
+--bare::
+       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 implies `-n` option.  When
+       this option is used, neither the `origin` branch nor the
+       default `remotes/origin` file is created.
+
+-o <name>::
+       Instead of using the branch name 'origin' to keep track
+       of the upstream repository, use <name> instead.  Note
+       that the shorthand name stored in `remotes/origin` is
+       not affected, but the local branch name to pull the
+       remote `master` branch into is.
+
 --upload-pack <upload-pack>::
 -u <upload-pack>::
        When given, and the repository to clone from is handled
@@ -65,6 +89,11 @@ OPTIONS
        the command to specify non-default path for the command
        run on the other end.
 
+--template=<template_directory>::
+       Specify the directory from which templates will be used;
+       if unset the templates are taken from the installation
+       defined default, typically `/usr/share/git-core/templates`.
+
 <repository>::
        The (possibly remote) repository to clone from.  It can
        be any URL git-fetch supports.
@@ -77,7 +106,7 @@ OPTIONS
        is not allowed.
 
 Examples
-~~~~~~~~
+--------
 
 Clone from upstream::
 +
@@ -96,6 +125,32 @@ $ cd copy
 $ git show-branch
 ------------
 
+
+Clone from upstream while borrowing from an existing local directory::
++
+------------
+$ git clone --reference my2.6 \
+       git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/.../linux-2.7 \
+       my2.7
+$ cd my2.7
+------------
+
+
+Create a bare repository to publish your changes to the public::
++
+------------
+$ git clone --bare -l /home/proj/.git /pub/scm/proj.git
+------------
+
+
+Create a repository on the kernel.org machine that borrows from Linus::
++
+------------
+$ 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>