X-Git-Url: https://git.octo.it/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fgit-clone-pack.txt;h=09f43eefe455ba1adb3a616fbdb14479e186f7b2;hb=HEAD;hp=0dc89a907286c47cd00fa50535ec2a2e1c9dfc65;hpb=379955c696a417f0fb6118f2fd91dbffd2816ad1;p=git.git diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-clone-pack.txt index 0dc89a90..09f43eef 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clone-pack.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clone-pack.txt @@ -1,35 +1,30 @@ git-clone-pack(1) ================= -v0.1, July 2005 NAME ---- -git-clone-pack - Clones a repository by receiving packed objects. +git-clone-pack - Clones a repository by receiving packed objects SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-clone-pack' [-q] [--exec=] [:] [...] +'git-clone-pack' [--exec=] [:] [...] DESCRIPTION ----------- Clones a repository into the current repository by invoking 'git-upload-pack', possibly on the remote host via ssh, in -the named repository, and invoking 'git-unpack-objects' locally -to receive the pack. +the named repository, and stores the sent pack in the local +repository. OPTIONS ------- --q:: - Pass '-q' flag to 'git-unpack-objects'; this makes the - cloning process less verbose. - --exec=:: Use this to specify the path to 'git-upload-pack' on the - remote side, if is not found on your $PATH. - Installations of sshd ignores the user's environment + remote side, if it is not found on your $PATH. + Installations of sshd ignore the user's environment setup scripts for login shells (e.g. .bash_profile) and - your privately installed GIT may not be found on the system + your privately installed git may not be found on the system default $PATH. Another workaround suggested is to set up your $PATH in ".bashrc", but this flag is for people who do not want to pay the overhead for non-interactive @@ -48,7 +43,11 @@ OPTIONS The heads to update. This is relative to $GIT_DIR (e.g. "HEAD", "refs/heads/master"). When unspecified, all heads are updated to match the remote repository. - ++ +Usually all the refs from existing repository are stored +under the same name in the new repository. Giving explicit + arguments instead writes the object names and refs to +the standard output, just like get-fetch-pack does. Author ------ @@ -61,5 +60,5 @@ Documentation by Junio C Hamano. GIT --- -Part of the link:git.html[git] suite +Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite