SYNOPSIS
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-'git clone' [-l [-s]] [-q] [-n] [-u <upload-pack>] <repository> <directory>
+'git-clone' [-l [-s]] [-q] [-n] [-u <upload-pack>] <repository> <directory>
DESCRIPTION
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-Clones a repository into a newly created directory.
+Clones a repository into a newly created directory. All remote
+branch heads are copied under `$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/`, except
+that the remote `master` is also copied to `origin` branch.
+
+In addition, `$GIT_DIR/remotes/origin` file is set up to have
+this line:
+
+ Pull: master:origin
+
+This is to help the typical workflow of working off of the
+remote `master` branch. Every time `git pull` without argument
+is run, the progress on the remote `master` branch is tracked by
+copying it into the local `origin` branch, and merged into the
+branch you are currently working on. Remote branches other than
+`master` are also added there to be tracked.
+
OPTIONS
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--shared::
-s::
When the repository to clone is on the local machine,
- instead of using hard links automatically setup
+ instead of using hard links, automatically setup
.git/objects/info/alternatives to share the objects
- with the source repository
+ with the source repository. The resulting repository
+ starts out without any object of its own.
--quiet::
-q::
<repository>::
The (possibly remote) repository to clone from. It can
- be an "rsync://host/dir" URL, an "http://host/dir" URL,
- or [<host>:]/dir notation that is used by 'git-clone-pack'.
- Currently http transport is not supported.
+ 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.
+
Author
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Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>