user-manual: use pithier example commit

diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index 874934a33243106544181ffeae2fee8b03ff5e8d..ac938d39df7a4b5b5ea3e4ca8cb2cf505fc49752 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-clone(1)
 
 NAME
 ----
-git-clone - Clones a repository
+git-clone - Clone a repository into a new directory
 
 
 SYNOPSIS
@@ -11,26 +11,27 @@ SYNOPSIS
 [verse]
 'git-clone' [--template=<template_directory>] [-l [-s]] [-q] [-n] [--bare]
          [-o <name>] [-u <upload-pack>] [--reference <repository>]
-         <repository> [<directory>]
+         [--depth <depth>] <repository> [<directory>]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
 
 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.
+(visible using `git branch -r`), and creates and checks out an initial
+branch equal to the cloned repository's currently active branch.
 
 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.
+current master branch, if any.
 
 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
 -------
 --local::
@@ -75,16 +76,13 @@ OPTIONS
        Also the branch heads at the remote are copied directly
        to corresponding local branch heads, without mapping
        them to `refs/remotes/origin/`.  When this option is
-       used, neither the `origin` branch nor the default
-       `remotes/origin` file is created.
+       used, neither remote-tracking branches nor the related
+       configuration variables are created.
 
 --origin <name>::
 -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.
+       Instead of using the remote name 'origin' to keep track
+       of the upstream repository, use <name> instead.
 
 --upload-pack <upload-pack>::
 -u <upload-pack>::
@@ -98,6 +96,15 @@ OPTIONS
        if unset the templates are taken from the installation
        defined default, typically `/usr/share/git-core/templates`.
 
+--depth <depth>::
+       Create a 'shallow' clone with a history truncated to the
+       specified number of revs.  A shallow repository has
+       number of limitations (you cannot clone or fetch from
+       it, nor push from nor into it), but is adequate if you
+       want to only look at near the tip of a large project
+       with a long history, and would want to send in a fixes
+       as patches.
+
 <repository>::
        The (possibly remote) repository to clone from.  It can
        be any URL git-fetch supports.
@@ -125,7 +132,7 @@ Make a local clone that borrows from the current directory, without checking thi
 +
 ------------
 $ git clone -l -s -n . ../copy
-$ cd copy
+$ cd ../copy
 $ git show-branch
 ------------