is specified. This flag forces progress status even if the
standard error stream is not directed to a terminal.
+--server-option=<option>::
+ Transmit the given string to the server when communicating using
+ protocol version 2. The given string must not contain a NUL or LF
+ character. The server's handling of server options, including
+ unknown ones, is server-specific.
+ When multiple `--server-option=<option>` are given, they are all
+ sent to the other side in the order listed on the command line.
+
--no-checkout::
-n::
No checkout of HEAD is performed after the clone is complete.
values are given for the same key, each value will be written to
the config file. This makes it safe, for example, to add
additional fetch refspecs to the origin remote.
++
+Due to limitations of the current implementation, some configuration
+variables do not take effect until after the initial fetch and checkout.
+Configuration variables known to not take effect are:
+`remote.<name>.mirror` and `remote.<name>.tagOpt`. Use the
+corresponding `--mirror` and `--no-tags` options instead.
--depth <depth>::
Create a 'shallow' clone with a history truncated to the