Allow cloning to an existing empty directory

diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
index 2cbd1f764b7d4d8e8c026f50b727c6cc70f5158e..fad983e297514da7e847196b0375e3254fdf235d 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-remote.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
@@ -9,12 +9,13 @@ git-remote - manage set of tracked repositories
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git-remote'
-'git-remote' add [-t <branch>] [-m <master>] [-f] [--mirror] <name> <url>
-'git-remote' rm <name>
-'git-remote' show <name>
-'git-remote' prune <name>
-'git-remote' update [group]
+'git remote' [-v | --verbose]
+'git remote add' [-t <branch>] [-m <master>] [-f] [--mirror] <name> <url>
+'git remote rename' <old> <new>
+'git remote rm' <name>
+'git remote show' [-n] <name>
+'git remote prune' [-n | --dry-run] <name>
+'git remote update' [group]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -22,6 +23,14 @@ DESCRIPTION
 Manage the set of repositories ("remotes") whose branches you track.
 
 
+OPTIONS
+-------
+
+-v::
+--verbose::
+       Be a little more verbose and show remote url after name.
+
+
 COMMANDS
 --------
 
@@ -47,9 +56,20 @@ With `-m <master>` option, `$GIT_DIR/remotes/<name>/HEAD` is set
 up to point at remote's `<master>` branch instead of whatever
 branch the `HEAD` at the remote repository actually points at.
 +
-In mirror mode, enabled with `--mirror`, the refs will not be stored
+In mirror mode, enabled with `\--mirror`, the refs will not be stored
 in the 'refs/remotes/' namespace, but in 'refs/heads/'.  This option
-only makes sense in bare repositories.
+only makes sense in bare repositories.  If a remote uses mirror
+mode, furthermore, `git push` will always behave as if `\--mirror`
+was passed.
+
+'rename'::
+
+Rename the remote named <old> to <new>. All remote tracking branches and
+configuration settings for the remote are updated.
++
+In case <old> and <new> are the same, and <old> is a file under
+`$GIT_DIR/remotes` or `$GIT_DIR/branches`, the remote is converted to
+the configuration file format.
 
 'rm'::
 
@@ -70,9 +90,8 @@ These stale branches have already been removed from the remote repository
 referenced by <name>, but are still locally available in
 "remotes/<name>".
 +
-With `-n` option, the remote heads are not confirmed first with `git
-ls-remote <name>`; cached information is used instead.  Use with
-caution.
+With `--dry-run` option, report what branches will be pruned, but do no
+actually prune them.
 
 'update'::
 
@@ -115,7 +134,7 @@ $ git checkout -b nfs linux-nfs/master
 ...
 ------------
 
-* Imitate 'git clone' but track only selected branches
+* Imitate 'git-clone' but track only selected branches
 +
 ------------
 $ mkdir project.git
@@ -126,7 +145,7 @@ $ git merge origin
 ------------
 
 
-See Also
+SEE ALSO
 --------
 linkgit:git-fetch[1]
 linkgit:git-branch[1]
@@ -144,4 +163,4 @@ Documentation by J. Bruce Fields and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
 
 GIT
 ---
-Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite