From: jari.aalto@cante.net
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net>
Subject: [PATCH] git-clone.txt: order options alphabetically
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 22:09:32 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1291234172-20927-1-git-send-email-jari.aalto@cante.net> (raw)
From: Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net>
Signed-off-by: Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net>
---
Documentation/git-clone.txt | 173 ++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
1 files changed, 87 insertions(+), 86 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index 42e7021..35f5017 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -37,8 +37,37 @@ configuration variables.
OPTIONS
-------
---local::
+
+--bare::
+ 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 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.
+
+-b <name>::
+--branch <name>::
+ Instead of pointing the newly created HEAD to the branch pointed
+ to by the cloned repository's HEAD, point to `<name>` branch
+ instead. In a non-bare repository, this is the branch that will
+ be checked out.
+
+--depth <depth>::
+ Create a 'shallow' clone with a history truncated to the
+ specified number of revisions. A shallow repository has a
+ number of limitations (you cannot clone or fetch from
+ it, nor push from nor into it), but is adequate if you
+ are only interested in the recent history of a large project
+ with a long history, and would want to send in fixes
+ as patches.
+
-l::
+--local::
When the repository to clone from is on a local machine,
this flag bypasses the normal "git aware" transport
mechanism and clones the repository by making a copy of
@@ -52,13 +81,61 @@ OPTIONS
but still avoid the usual "git aware" transport
mechanism, `--no-hardlinks` can be used.
+--mirror::
+ Set up a mirror of the source repository. This implies `--bare`.
+ Compared to `--bare`, `--mirror` not only maps local branches of the
+ source to local branches of the target, it maps all refs (including
+ remote-tracking branches, notes etc.) and sets up a refspec configuration such
+ that all these refs are overwritten by a `git remote update` in the
+ target repository.
+
+-n::
+--no-checkout::
+ No checkout of HEAD is performed after the clone is complete.
+
--no-hardlinks::
Optimize the cloning process from a repository on a
local filesystem by copying files under `.git/objects`
directory.
---shared::
+-o <name>::
+--origin <name>::
+ Instead of using the remote name `origin` to keep track
+ of the upstream repository, use `<name>`.
+
+--progress::
+ Progress status is reported on the standard error stream
+ by default when it is attached to a terminal, unless -q
+ is specified. This flag forces progress status even if the
+ standard error stream is not directed to a terminal.
+
+-q::
+--quiet::
+ Operate quietly. Progress is not reported to the standard
+ error stream. This flag is also passed to the `rsync'
+ command when given.
+
+--recursive::
+--recurse-submodules::
+ After the clone is created, initialize all submodules within,
+ using their default settings. This is equivalent to running
+ `git submodule update --init --recursive` immediately after
+ the clone is finished. This option is ignored if the cloned
+ repository does not have a worktree/checkout (i.e. if any of
+ `--no-checkout`/`-n`, `--bare`, or `--mirror` is given)
+
+--reference <repository>::
+ If the reference repository is on the local machine,
+ automatically setup `.git/objects/info/alternates` to
+ obtain objects from the reference repository. Using
+ an already existing repository as an alternate will
+ require fewer objects to be copied from the repository
+ being cloned, reducing network and local storage costs.
++
+*NOTE*: see the NOTE for the `--shared` option.
+
-s::
+--shared::
When the repository to clone is on the local machine,
instead of using hard links, automatically setup
`.git/objects/info/alternates` to share the objects
@@ -85,96 +162,20 @@ If you want to break the dependency of a repository cloned with `-s` on
its source repository, you can simply run `git repack -a` to copy all
objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository.
---reference <repository>::
- If the reference repository is on the local machine,
- automatically setup `.git/objects/info/alternates` to
- obtain objects from the reference repository. Using
- an already existing repository as an alternate will
- require fewer objects to be copied from the repository
- being cloned, reducing network and local storage costs.
-+
-*NOTE*: see the NOTE for the `--shared` option.
-
---quiet::
--q::
- Operate quietly. Progress is not reported to the standard
- error stream. This flag is also passed to the `rsync'
- command when given.
-
---verbose::
--v::
- Run verbosely. Does not affect the reporting of progress status
- to the standard error stream.
-
---progress::
- Progress status is reported on the standard error stream
- by default when it is attached to a terminal, unless -q
- is specified. This flag forces progress status even if the
- standard error stream is not directed to a terminal.
-
---no-checkout::
--n::
- No checkout of HEAD is performed after the clone is complete.
-
---bare::
- 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 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.
-
---mirror::
- Set up a mirror of the source repository. This implies `--bare`.
- Compared to `--bare`, `--mirror` not only maps local branches of the
- source to local branches of the target, it maps all refs (including
- remote-tracking branches, notes etc.) and sets up a refspec configuration such
- that all these refs are overwritten by a `git remote update` in the
- target repository.
-
---origin <name>::
--o <name>::
- Instead of using the remote name `origin` to keep track
- of the upstream repository, use `<name>`.
-
---branch <name>::
--b <name>::
- Instead of pointing the newly created HEAD to the branch pointed
- to by the cloned repository's HEAD, point to `<name>` branch
- instead. In a non-bare repository, this is the branch that will
- be checked out.
+--template=<template_directory>::
+ Specify the directory from which templates will be used;
+ (See the "TEMPLATE DIRECTORY" section of linkgit:git-init[1].)
---upload-pack <upload-pack>::
-u <upload-pack>::
+--upload-pack <upload-pack>::
When given, and the repository to clone from is accessed
via ssh, this specifies a non-default path for the command
run on the other end.
---template=<template_directory>::
- Specify the directory from which templates will be used;
- (See the "TEMPLATE DIRECTORY" section of linkgit:git-init[1].)
-
---depth <depth>::
- Create a 'shallow' clone with a history truncated to the
- specified number of revisions. A shallow repository has a
- number of limitations (you cannot clone or fetch from
- it, nor push from nor into it), but is adequate if you
- are only interested in the recent history of a large project
- with a long history, and would want to send in fixes
- as patches.
-
---recursive::
---recurse-submodules::
- After the clone is created, initialize all submodules within,
- using their default settings. This is equivalent to running
- `git submodule update --init --recursive` immediately after
- the clone is finished. This option is ignored if the cloned
- repository does not have a worktree/checkout (i.e. if any of
- `--no-checkout`/`-n`, `--bare`, or `--mirror` is given)
+-v::
+--verbose::
+ Run verbosely. Does not affect the reporting of progress status
+ to the standard error stream.
<repository>::
The (possibly remote) repository to clone from. See the
--
1.7.2.3
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