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diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt index 4cb42237b..874934a33 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt @@ -11,27 +11,25 @@ SYNOPSIS [verse] 'git-clone' [--template=<template_directory>] [-l [-s]] [-q] [-n] [--bare] [-o <name>] [-u <upload-pack>] [--reference <repository>] - [--use-separate-remote | --use-immingled-remote] <repository> - [<directory>] + <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 a master +branch equal to the cloned repository's master branch. - Pull: master:origin - -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. +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 branch. +This default configuration is achieved by creating references to +the remote branch heads under `$GIT_DIR/refs/remotes/origin` and +by initializing `remote.origin.url` and `remote.origin.fetch` +configuration variables. OPTIONS ------- @@ -100,18 +98,6 @@ OPTIONS if unset the templates are taken from the installation defined default, typically `/usr/share/git-core/templates`. ---use-separate-remote:: - Save remotes heads under `$GIT_DIR/remotes/origin/` instead - of `$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/`. Only the local master branch is - saved in the latter. This is the default. - ---use-immingled-remote:: - Save remotes heads in the same namespace as the local - heads, `$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/'. In regular repositories, - this is a legacy setup git-clone created by default in - older Git versions, and will be removed before the next - major release. - <repository>:: The (possibly remote) repository to clone from. It can be any URL git-fetch supports. |