Documentation: more examples.

[git.git] / Documentation / git-clone.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
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--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
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@@ -74,10 +74,31 @@ OPTIONS
        for "host.xz:foo/.git").  Cloning into an existing directory
        is not allowed.
 
+Examples
+~~~~~~~~
+
+Clone from upstream::
++
+------------
+$ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/.../linux-2.6 my2.6
+$ cd my2.6
+$ make
+------------
+
+
+Make a local clone that borrows from the current directory, without checking things out::
++
+------------
+$ git clone -l -s -n . ../copy
+$ cd copy
+$ git show-branch
+------------
+
 Author
 ------
 Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
 
+
 Documentation
 --------------
 Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.