[verse]
'git-clone' [--template=<template_directory>] [-l [-s]] [-q] [-n] [--bare]
[-o <name>] [-u <upload-pack>] [--reference <repository>]
- [--use-separate-remote | --no-separate-remote] <repository>
- [<directory>]
+ <repository> [<directory>]
DESCRIPTION
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-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:
+Clones a repository into a newly created directory, creates
+remote-tracking branches for each branch in the cloned repository
+(visible using `git branch -r`), and creates and checks out a master
+branch equal to the cloned repository's master branch.
- 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.
+After the clone, a plain `git fetch` without arguments will update
+all the remote-tracking branches, and a `git pull` without
+arguments will in addition merge the remote master branch into the
+current branch.
+This default configuration is achieved by creating references to
+the remote branch heads under `$GIT_DIR/refs/remotes/origin` and
+by initializing `remote.origin.url` and `remote.origin.fetch`
+configuration variables.
OPTIONS
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if unset the templates are taken from the installation
defined default, typically `/usr/share/git-core/templates`.
---use-separate-remote::
- Save remotes heads under `$GIT_DIR/remotes/origin/` instead
- of `$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/`. Only the local master branch is
- saved in the latter. This is the default.
-
---no-separate-remote::
- Save remotes heads in the same namespace as the local
- heads, `$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/'. In regular repositories,
- this is a legacy setup git-clone created by default in
- older Git versions, and will be removed before the next
- major release.
-
<repository>::
The (possibly remote) repository to clone from. It can
be any URL git-fetch supports.