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+git-clone(1)
+============
+v0.1, July 2005
+
+NAME
+----
+git-clone - Clones a repository.
+
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+'git clone' [-l] [-u <upload-pack>] [-q] <repository> <directory>
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+Clones a repository into a newly created directory.
+
+OPTIONS
+-------
+-l::
+       When the repository to clone from is on a local machine,
+       this flag bypasses normal "git aware" transport
+       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.
+
+-q::
+       Operate quietly.  This flag is passed to "rsync" and
+       "git-clone-pack" commands when given.
+
+-u <upload-pack>::
+       When given, and the repository to clone from is handled
+       by 'git-clone-pack', '--exec=<upload-pack>' is passed to
+       the command to specify non-default path for the command
+       run on the other end.
+
+<repository>::
+       The (possibly remote) repository to clone from.  It can
+       be an "rsync://host/dir" URL, an "http://host/dir" URL,
+       or [<host>:]/dir notation that is used by 'git-clone-pack'.
+       Currently http transport is not supported.
+
+<directory>::
+       The name of a new directory to be cloned into.  It is an
+       error to specify an existing directory.
+
+Author
+------
+Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
+
+Documentation
+--------------
+Documentation by Junio C Hamano.
+
+
+GIT
+---
+Part of the link:git.html[git] suite
+