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authorShawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>2007-01-14 02:44:18 -0500
committerShawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>2007-01-14 02:44:18 -0500
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Merge branch 'master' into sp/fast-import
I'm bringing master in early so that the OBJ_OFS_DELTA implementation is available as part of the topic. This way git-fast-import can learn about this new slightly smaller and faster packfile format, and can generate them directly rather than needing to have them be repacked with git-pack-objects. Due to the API changes in master during the period of development of git-fast-import, a few minor tweaks to fast-import.c are needed to produce a working merge. I've done them here as part of the merge to ensure bisection always works. Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
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@@ -11,25 +11,25 @@ SYNOPSIS
[verse]
'git-clone' [--template=<template_directory>] [-l [-s]] [-q] [-n] [--bare]
[-o <name>] [-u <upload-pack>] [--reference <repository>]
- [--use-separate-remote] <repository> [<directory>]
+ [--depth=<depth>] <repository> [<directory>]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
-Clones a repository into a newly created directory. All remote
-branch heads are copied under `$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/`, except
-that the remote `master` is also copied to `origin` branch.
-In addition, `$GIT_DIR/remotes/origin` file is set up to have
-this line:
+Clones a repository into a newly created directory, creates
+remote-tracking branches for each branch in the cloned repository
+(visible using `git branch -r`), and creates and checks out an initial
+branch equal to the cloned repository's currently active branch.
- Pull: master:origin
+After the clone, a plain `git fetch` without arguments will update
+all the remote-tracking branches, and a `git pull` without
+arguments will in addition merge the remote master branch into the
+current master branch, if any.
-This is to help the typical workflow of working off of the
-remote `master` branch. Every time `git pull` without argument
-is run, the progress on the remote `master` branch is tracked by
-copying it into the local `origin` branch, and merged into the
-branch you are currently working on. Remote branches other than
-`master` are also added there to be tracked.
+This default configuration is achieved by creating references to
+the remote branch heads under `$GIT_DIR/refs/remotes/origin` and
+by initializing `remote.origin.url` and `remote.origin.fetch`
+configuration variables.
OPTIONS
@@ -71,16 +71,18 @@ OPTIONS
Make a 'bare' GIT repository. That is, instead of
creating `<directory>` and placing the administrative
files in `<directory>/.git`, make the `<directory>`
- itself the `$GIT_DIR`. This implies `-n` option. When
- this option is used, neither the `origin` branch nor the
- default `remotes/origin` file is created.
-
+ itself the `$GIT_DIR`. This obviously implies the `-n`
+ because there is nowhere to check out the working tree.
+ Also the branch heads at the remote are copied directly
+ to corresponding local branch heads, without mapping
+ them to `refs/remotes/origin/`. When this option is
+ used, neither remote-tracking branches nor the related
+ configuration variables are created.
+
+--origin <name>::
-o <name>::
- Instead of using the branch name 'origin' to keep track
- of the upstream repository, use <name> instead. Note
- that the shorthand name stored in `remotes/origin` is
- not affected, but the local branch name to pull the
- remote `master` branch into is.
+ Instead of using the remote name 'origin' to keep track
+ of the upstream repository, use <name> instead.
--upload-pack <upload-pack>::
-u <upload-pack>::
@@ -94,10 +96,14 @@ OPTIONS
if unset the templates are taken from the installation
defined default, typically `/usr/share/git-core/templates`.
---use-separate-remote::
- Save remotes heads under `$GIT_DIR/remotes/origin/` instead
- of `$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/`. Only the master branch is saved
- in the latter.
+--depth=<depth>::
+ Create a 'shallow' clone with a history truncated to the
+ specified number of revs. A shallow repository has
+ number of limitations (you cannot clone or fetch from
+ it, nor push from nor into it), but is adequate if you
+ want to only look at near the tip of a large project
+ with a long history, and would want to send in a fixes
+ as patches.
<repository>::
The (possibly remote) repository to clone from. It can