git-clone-pack - Clones a repository by receiving packed objects
git-clone-pack [--exec=<git-upload-pack>] [<host>:]<directory> [<head>…]
Clones a repository into the current repository by invoking git-upload-pack, possibly on the remote host via ssh, in the named repository, and stores the sent pack in the local repository.
Use this to specify the path to git-upload-pack on the 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 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 <head> arguments instead writes the object names and refs to the standard output, just like get-fetch-pack does.
Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Documentation by Junio C Hamano.
Part of the git(7) suite