git-clone-pack(1)
=================
-v0.1, July 2005
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
--------
-'git-clone-pack' [-q] [--exec=<git-upload-pack>] [<host>:]<directory> [<heads>...]
+'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
-------
--q::
- Pass '-q' flag to 'git-unpack-objects'; this makes the
- cloning process less verbose.
-
--exec=<git-upload-pack>::
Use this to specify the path to 'git-upload-pack' on the
- remote side, if is not found on your $PATH.
- Installations of sshd ignores the user's environment
+ remote side, if it is not found on your $PATH.
+ Installations of sshd ignore the user's environment
setup scripts for login shells (e.g. .bash_profile) and
- your privately installed GIT may not be found on the system
+ your privately installed git may not be found on the system
default $PATH. Another workaround suggested is to set
up your $PATH in ".bashrc", but this flag is for people
who do not want to pay the overhead for non-interactive
shells by having a lean .bashrc file (they set most of
the things up in .bash_profile).
-[<host>:]<directory::
- The (possibly remote) repository to clone from.
+<host>::
+ A remote host that houses the repository. When this
+ part is specified, 'git-upload-pack' is invoked via
+ ssh.
+
+<directory>::
+ The repository to sync from.
-<heads>...::
+<head>...::
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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GIT
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-Part of the link:git.html[git] suite
+Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite