Merge branch 'rs/no-no-no-parseopt'

diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index 4b8b26b75e63cc56e679d2e2c6d8fd1240010419..6e22522c4f7e97dbab42b3cbb5b538cdea3b4d74 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ SYNOPSIS
          [-l] [-s] [--no-hardlinks] [-q] [-n] [--bare] [--mirror]
          [-o <name>] [-b <name>] [-u <upload-pack>] [--reference <repository>]
          [--separate-git-dir <git dir>]
-         [--depth <depth>] [--recursive|--recurse-submodules] [--] <repository>
+         [--depth <depth>] [--[no-]single-branch]
+         [--recursive|--recurse-submodules] [--] <repository>
          [<directory>]
 
 DESCRIPTION
@@ -146,8 +147,9 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository.
 -b <name>::
        Instead of pointing the newly created HEAD to the branch pointed
        to by the cloned repository's HEAD, point to `<name>` branch
-       instead. In a non-bare repository, this is the branch that will
-       be checked out.
+       instead. `--branch` can also take tags and treat them like
+       detached HEAD. In a non-bare repository, this is the branch
+       that will be checked out.
 
 --upload-pack <upload-pack>::
 -u <upload-pack>::
@@ -179,6 +181,14 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository.
        with a long history, and would want to send in fixes
        as patches.
 
+--single-branch::
+       Clone only the history leading to the tip of a single branch,
+       either specified by the `--branch` option or the primary
+       branch remote's `HEAD` points at. When creating a shallow
+       clone with the `--depth` option, this is the default, unless
+       `--no-single-branch` is given to fetch the histories near the
+       tips of all branches.
+
 --recursive::
 --recurse-submodules::
        After the clone is created, initialize all submodules within,