docs/clone: mention that --local may be ignored

The --local flag is not "treat this like a local
repository", but rather "if we are local, turn on
optimizations". Therefore it does nothing in the case of:

git clone --local file:///path/to/repo

Let's make that more clear in the documentation.

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index 6e22522c4f7e97dbab42b3cbb5b538cdea3b4d74..1d267f47126a7b64b980a847bb39436fd461c331 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -46,13 +46,16 @@ OPTIONS
        mechanism and clones the repository by making a copy of
        HEAD and everything under objects and refs directories.
        The files under `.git/objects/` directory are hardlinked
-       to save space when possible.  This is now the default when
-       the source repository is specified with `/path/to/repo`
-       syntax, so it essentially is a no-op option.  To force
-       copying instead of hardlinking (which may be desirable
-       if you are trying to make a back-up of your repository),
-       but still avoid the usual "git aware" transport
-       mechanism, `--no-hardlinks` can be used.
+       to save space when possible.
++
+If the repository is specified as a local path (e.g., `/path/to/repo`),
+this is the default, and --local is essentially a no-op.  If the
+repository is specified as a URL, then this flag is ignored (and we
+never use the local optimizations).
++
+To force copying instead of hardlinking (which may be desirable if you
+are trying to make a back-up of your repository), but still avoid the
+usual "git aware" transport mechanism, `--no-hardlinks` can be used.
 
 --no-hardlinks::
        Optimize the cloning process from a repository on a