Merge fixes up to GIT 1.0.7

[git.git] / Documentation / git-clone.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index ffa4fb0..790b87b 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-clone - Clones a repository.
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git-clone' [-l [-s]] [-q] [-n] [-u <upload-pack>]
+'git-clone' [-l [-s]] [-q] [-n] [-o <name>] [-u <upload-pack>]
          <repository> [<directory>]
 
 DESCRIPTION
@@ -58,6 +58,13 @@ OPTIONS
 -n::
        No checkout of HEAD is performed after the clone is complete.
 
+-o <name>::
+       Instead of using the branch name 'origin' to keep track
+       of the upstream repository, use <name> instead.  Note
+       that the shorthand name stored in `remotes/origin` is
+       not affected, but the local branch name to pull the
+       remote `master` branch into is.
+
 --upload-pack <upload-pack>::
 -u <upload-pack>::
        When given, and the repository to clone from is handled