git-clone(1)
============
-v0.1, July 2005
NAME
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SYNOPSIS
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-'git clone' [-l] [-u <upload-pack>] [-q] <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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+--local::
-l::
When the repository to clone from is on a local machine,
this flag bypasses normal "git aware" transport
The files under .git/objects/ directory are hardlinked
to save space when possible.
+--shared::
+-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
+ with the source repository. The resulting repository
+ starts out without any object of its own.
+
+--quiet::
-q::
Operate quietly. This flag is passed to "rsync" and
"git-clone-pack" commands when given.
+-n::
+ No checkout of HEAD is performed after the clone is complete.
+
+--upload-pack <upload-pack>::
-u <upload-pack>::
When given, and the repository to clone from is handled
by 'git-clone-pack', '--exec=<upload-pack>' is passed to
<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.
+ 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.
Author
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Documentation
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-Documentation by Junio C Hamano.
+Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
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