'git clone' [--template=<template_directory>]
[-l] [-s] [--no-hardlinks] [-q] [-n] [--bare] [--mirror]
[-o <name>] [-b <name>] [-u <upload-pack>] [--reference <repository>]
- [--depth <depth>] [--recursive] [--] <repository> [<directory>]
+ [--depth <depth>] [--recursive|--recurse-submodules] [--] <repository>
+ [<directory>]
DESCRIPTION
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Set up a mirror of the source repository. This implies `--bare`.
Compared to `--bare`, `--mirror` not only maps local branches of the
source to local branches of the target, it maps all refs (including
- remote branches, notes etc.) and sets up a refspec configuration such
+ remote-tracking branches, notes etc.) and sets up a refspec configuration such
that all these refs are overwritten by a `git remote update` in the
target repository.
as patches.
--recursive::
+--recurse-submodules::
After the clone is created, initialize all submodules within,
using their default settings. This is equivalent to running
`git submodule update --init --recursive` immediately after