X-Git-Url: https://git.octo.it/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fgit-clone-pack.txt;h=39906fc450150ee0e9213a31c8a7c3e50d01b5b3;hb=806b8198cdbd3c838d7cbd94f4f256aa71389891;hp=81c86e2679e863d0f2998613593f3855bcdbbc60;hpb=6ec311da34cbbc8a571bf889b6ef00c4efb441b5;p=git.git diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-clone-pack.txt index 81c86e26..39906fc4 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clone-pack.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clone-pack.txt @@ -1,6 +1,5 @@ git-clone-pack(1) ================= -v0.1, July 2005 NAME ---- @@ -9,41 +8,46 @@ 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 shells by having a lean .bashrc file (they set most of the things up in .bash_profile). -[:]:: + A remote host that houses the repository. When this + part is specified, 'git-upload-pack' is invoked via + ssh. + +:: + The repository to sync from. -...:: +...:: 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 ------ @@ -56,5 +60,5 @@ Documentation by Junio C Hamano. GIT --- -Part of the link:git.html[git] suite +Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite