for "host.xz:foo/.git"). Cloning into an existing directory
is not allowed.
+Examples
+~~~~~~~~
+
+Clone from upstream::
++
+------------
+$ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/.../linux-2.6 my2.6
+$ cd my2.6
+$ make
+------------
+
+
+Make a local clone that borrows from the current directory, without checking things out::
++
+------------
+$ git clone -l -s -n . ../copy
+$ cd copy
+$ git show-branch
+------------
+
Author
------
Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
+
Documentation
--------------
Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.