NAME
----
-git-clone - Clones a repository.
+git-clone - Clones a repository
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git-clone' [-l [-s]] [-q] [-n] [-u <upload-pack>] <repository> <directory>
+[verse]
+'git-clone' [-l [-s]] [-q] [-n] [--bare] [-o <name>] [-u <upload-pack>]
+ <repository> [<directory>]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
-n::
No checkout of HEAD is performed after the clone is complete.
+--bare::
+ Make a 'bare' GIT repository. That is, instead of
+ creating `<directory>` and placing the administrative
+ files in `<directory>/.git`, make the `<directory>`
+ itself the `$GIT_DIR`. This implies `-n` option. When
+ this option is used, neither the `origin` branch nor the
+ default `remotes/origin` file is created.
+
+-o <name>::
+ Instead of using the branch name 'origin' to keep track
+ of the upstream repository, use <name> instead. Note
+ that the shorthand name stored in `remotes/origin` is
+ not affected, but the local branch name to pull the
+ remote `master` branch into is.
+
--upload-pack <upload-pack>::
-u <upload-pack>::
When given, and the repository to clone from is handled
be any URL git-fetch supports.
<directory>::
- The name of a new directory to be cloned into. It is an
- error to specify an existing directory.
+ The name of a new directory to clone into. The "humanish"
+ part of the source repository is used if no directory is
+ explicitly given ("repo" for "/path/to/repo.git" and "foo"
+ for "host.xz:foo/.git"). Cloning into an existing directory
+ is not allowed.
+
+Examples
+~~~~~~~~
+
+Clone from upstream::
++
+------------
+$ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/.../linux-2.6 my2.6
+$ cd my2.6
+$ make
+------------
+
+
+Make a local clone that borrows from the current directory, without checking things out::
++
+------------
+$ git clone -l -s -n . ../copy
+$ cd copy
+$ git show-branch
+------------
+
+
+Create a bare repository to publish your changes to the public::
++
+------------
+$ git clone --bare -l /home/proj/.git /pub/scm/proj.git
+------------
+
+
+Create a repository on the kernel.org machine that borrows from Linus::
++
+------------
+$ git clone --bare -l -s /pub/scm/.../torvalds/linux-2.6.git \
+ /pub/scm/.../me/subsys-2.6.git
+------------
Author
------
Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
+
Documentation
--------------
-Documentation by Junio C Hamano.
+Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
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