Documentation: describe "-f/-t/-m" options to "git-remote add"

diff --git a/git-clone.sh b/git-clone.sh
index 4ddfa774ecf70d00b16157d5fc29bfe561702e87..1bd54ded3c424db30ca46b00b3ed42b4d774d21d 100755 (executable)
--- a/git-clone.sh
+++ b/git-clone.sh
@@ -178,19 +178,32 @@ esac && export GIT_DIR && git-init ${template+"$template"} || usage
 
 if test -n "$reference"
 then
+       ref_git=
        if test -d "$reference"
        then
                if test -d "$reference/.git/objects"
                then
-                       reference="$reference/.git"
+                       ref_git="$reference/.git"
+               elif test -d "$reference/objects"
+               then
+                       ref_git="$reference"
                fi
-               reference=$(cd "$reference" && pwd)
-               echo "$reference/objects" >"$GIT_DIR/objects/info/alternates"
-               (cd "$reference" && tar cf - refs) |
-               (cd "$GIT_DIR/refs" &&
-                mkdir reference-tmp &&
-                cd reference-tmp &&
-                tar xf -)
+       fi
+       if test -n "$ref_git"
+       then
+               ref_git=$(cd "$ref_git" && pwd)
+               echo "$ref_git/objects" >"$GIT_DIR/objects/info/alternates"
+               (
+                       GIT_DIR="$ref_git" git for-each-ref \
+                               --format='%(objectname) %(*objectname)'
+               ) |
+               while read a b
+               do
+                       test -z "$a" ||
+                       git update-ref "refs/reference-tmp/$a" "$a"
+                       test -z "$b" ||
+                       git update-ref "refs/reference-tmp/$b" "$b"
+               done
        else
                die "reference repository '$reference' is not a local directory."
        fi