Merge branch 'jc/apply' into next

diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index 684e4bdf69bb7eb8ac80b41ba48298d52e4dcdef..b333f510454fff9dc6828b62ca8a0b0dc4c116f6 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -3,13 +3,14 @@ git-clone(1)
 
 NAME
 ----
-git-clone - Clones a repository.
+git-clone - Clones a repository
 
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
 'git-clone' [-l [-s]] [-q] [-n] [--bare] [-o <name>] [-u <upload-pack>]
+         [--reference <repository>]
          <repository> [<directory>]
 
 DESCRIPTION
@@ -46,10 +47,18 @@ OPTIONS
 -s::
        When the repository to clone is on the local machine,
        instead of using hard links, automatically setup
-       .git/objects/info/alternatives to share the objects
+       .git/objects/info/alternates to share the objects
        with the source repository.  The resulting repository
        starts out without any object of its own.
 
+--reference <repository>::
+       If the reference repository is on the local machine
+       automatically setup .git/objects/info/alternates to
+       obtain objects from the reference repository.  Using
+       an already existing repository as an alternate will
+       require less objects to be copied from the repository
+       being cloned, reducing network and local storage costs.
+
 --quiet::
 -q::
        Operate quietly.  This flag is passed to "rsync" and
@@ -92,7 +101,7 @@ OPTIONS
        is not allowed.
 
 Examples
-~~~~~~~~
+--------
 
 Clone from upstream::
 +
@@ -112,6 +121,16 @@ $ git show-branch
 ------------
 
 
+Clone from upstream while borrowing from an existing local directory::
++
+------------
+$ git clone --reference my2.6 \
+       git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/.../linux-2.7 \
+       my2.7
+$ cd my2.7
+------------
+
+
 Create a bare repository to publish your changes to the public::
 +
 ------------