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diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt index fefd2985f..83f58ae53 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-clone - Clones a repository. SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-clone' [-l [-s]] [-q] [-n] [-u <upload-pack>] <repository> <directory> +'git-clone' [-l [-s]] [-q] [-n] [-u <upload-pack>] <repository> [<directory>] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -68,9 +68,11 @@ OPTIONS be any URL git-fetch supports. <directory>:: - The name of a new directory to be cloned into. It is an - error to specify an existing directory. - + The name of a new directory to clone into. The "humanish" + part of the source repository is used if no directory is + explicitly given ("repo" for "/path/to/repo.git" and "foo" + for "host.xz:foo/.git"). Cloning into an existing directory + is not allowed. Author ------ @@ -78,7 +80,7 @@ Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> Documentation -------------- -Documentation by Junio C Hamano. +Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. GIT |