NAME
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-git-clone-pack - Clones a repository by receiving packed objects.
+git-clone-pack - Clones a repository by receiving packed objects
SYNOPSIS
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-'git-clone-pack' [-q] [--keep] [--exec=<git-upload-pack>] [<host>:]<directory> [<head>...]
+'git-clone-pack' [--exec=<git-upload-pack>] [<host>:]<directory> [<head>...]
DESCRIPTION
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Clones a repository into the current repository by invoking
'git-upload-pack', possibly on the remote host via ssh, in
-the named repository, and invoking 'git-unpack-objects' locally
-to receive the pack.
+the named repository, and stores the sent pack in the local
+repository.
OPTIONS
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--q::
- Pass '-q' flag to 'git-unpack-objects'; this makes the
- cloning process less verbose.
-
---keep::
- Do not invoke 'git-unpack-objects' on received data, but
- create a single packfile out of it instead, and store it
- in the object database.
-
--exec=<git-upload-pack>::
Use this to specify the path to 'git-upload-pack' on the
remote side, if it is not found on your $PATH.
The heads to update. This is relative to $GIT_DIR
(e.g. "HEAD", "refs/heads/master"). When unspecified,
all heads are updated to match the remote repository.
-
++
+Usually all the refs from existing repository are stored
+under the same name in the new repository. Giving explicit
+<head> arguments instead writes the object names and refs to
+the standard output, just like get-fetch-pack does.
Author
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