| git-clone(1) |
| ============ |
| v0.1, July 2005 |
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| NAME |
| ---- |
| git-clone - Clones a repository. |
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| SYNOPSIS |
| -------- |
| 'git clone' [-l] [-u <upload-pack>] [-q] <repository> <directory> |
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| DESCRIPTION |
| ----------- |
| Clones a repository into a newly created directory. |
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| OPTIONS |
| ------- |
| -l:: |
| When the repository to clone from is on a local machine, |
| this flag bypasses normal "git aware" transport |
| mechanism and clones the repository by making a copy of |
| HEAD and everything under objects and refs directories. |
| The files under .git/objects/ directory are hardlinked |
| to save space when possible. |
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| -q:: |
| Operate quietly. This flag is passed to "rsync" and |
| "git-clone-pack" commands when given. |
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| -u <upload-pack>:: |
| When given, and the repository to clone from is handled |
| by 'git-clone-pack', '--exec=<upload-pack>' is passed to |
| the command to specify non-default path for the command |
| run on the other end. |
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| <repository>:: |
| The (possibly remote) repository to clone from. It can |
| be an "rsync://host/dir" URL, an "http://host/dir" URL, |
| or [<host>:]/dir notation that is used by 'git-clone-pack'. |
| Currently http transport is not supported. |
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| <directory>:: |
| The name of a new directory to be cloned into. It is an |
| error to specify an existing directory. |
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| Author |
| ------ |
| Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> |
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| Documentation |
| -------------- |
| Documentation by Junio C Hamano. |
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| GIT |
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| Part of the link:git.html[git] suite |
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