Documentation: git-remote add [-t <branch>] [-m <branch>] [-f] name url

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>

diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
index a2ff8f098ebff138751a3559fee54019584e096a..f96b30429c8d970a2eaabe4a1f3b162ce48a9cee 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-remote.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
 'git-remote'
 --------
 [verse]
 'git-remote'

-'git-remote' add <name> <url>
+'git-remote' add [-t <branch>] [-m <branch>] [-f] <name> <url>

 'git-remote' show <name>
 'git-remote' prune <name>
 
 'git-remote' show <name>
 'git-remote' prune <name>
 


@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ gitlink:git-config[1]).
 Examples
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 Examples
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-Add a new remote, fetch, and check out a branch from it:
-
+* Add a new remote, fetch, and check out a branch from it
++

 ------------
 $ git remote
 origin
 ------------
 $ git remote
 origin


@@ -87,6 +87,17 @@ $ git checkout -b nfs linux-nfs/master
 ...
 ------------
 
 ...
 ------------
 

+* Imitate 'git clone' but track only selected branches
++
+------------
+$ mkdir project.git
+$ cd project.git
+$ git init
+$ git remote add -f -t master -m master origin git://example.com/git.git/
+$ git merge origin
+------------
+
+

 See Also
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 gitlink:git-fetch[1]
 See Also
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 gitlink:git-fetch[1]