--verbose::
-v::
- Run verbosely.
+ Run verbosely. Does not affect the reporting of progress status
+ to the standard error stream.
--progress::
Progress status is reported on the standard error stream
Examples
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-Clone from upstream::
+* Clone from upstream:
+
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$ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/.../linux-2.6 my2.6
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-Make a local clone that borrows from the current directory, without checking things out::
+* Make a local clone that borrows from the current directory, without checking things out:
+
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$ git clone -l -s -n . ../copy
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-Clone from upstream while borrowing from an existing local directory::
+* Clone from upstream while borrowing from an existing local directory:
+
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$ git clone --reference my2.6 \
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-Create a bare repository to publish your changes to the public::
+* Create a bare repository to publish your changes to the public:
+
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$ git clone --bare -l /home/proj/.git /pub/scm/proj.git
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-Create a repository on the kernel.org machine that borrows from Linus::
+* Create a repository on the kernel.org machine that borrows from Linus:
+
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$ git clone --bare -l -s /pub/scm/.../torvalds/linux-2.6.git \