X-Git-Url: https://git.octo.it/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fgit-clone-pack.txt;h=39906fc450150ee0e9213a31c8a7c3e50d01b5b3;hb=72fdfb50f721460e4cdff16fbe9c72d4ce6c668c;hp=b58165a5fc03a8556217599ef6a6f24f2f87f696;hpb=2b2dabc29f53c5835868029585000ee487cf6cbb;p=git.git diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-clone-pack.txt index b58165a5..39906fc4 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clone-pack.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clone-pack.txt @@ -8,26 +8,17 @@ git-clone-pack - Clones a repository by receiving packed objects. SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-clone-pack' [-q] [--keep] [--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. - ---keep:: - Do not invoke 'git-unpack-objects' on received data, but - create a single packfile out of it instead, and store it - in the object database. - --exec=:: Use this to specify the path to 'git-upload-pack' on the remote side, if it is not found on your $PATH. @@ -52,7 +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 ------