From: Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg.lists@dewire.com>
To: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Cc: Vaclav Hanzl <hanzl@noel.feld.cvut.cz>,
git@vger.kernel.org, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Subject: [PATCH] Documentation: Note about the meaning of "clone"
Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2008 15:05:27 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200806151505.27686.robin.rosenberg.lists@dewire.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m3od63ozuf.fsf@localhost.localdomain>
Clarify that a clone is not an exact copy.
Signed-off-by: Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg@dewire.com>
---
Documentation/git-clone.txt | 7 ++++++-
1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index 7973e6a..c9bc627 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -31,7 +31,12 @@ 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.
-
++
+*NOTE*: Although this command is called clone, the clone is not identical
+in all respects. Local branches in the repository being cloned
+becomes remote tracking branches in the clone and remote tracking
+branches are not cloned at all. For security reasone the config sections
+and triggers are not cloned either.
OPTIONS
-------
--
1.5.5.1.178.g1f811
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-06-15 13:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-06-14 13:05 Document clone of clone loosing branches? Vaclav Hanzl
2008-06-14 14:31 ` Jeff King
2008-06-14 20:15 ` Document clone of clone ... bug?? Vaclav Hanzl
2008-06-14 20:34 ` Jakub Narebski
2008-06-14 20:48 ` Vaclav Hanzl
2008-06-14 14:31 ` Document clone of clone loosing branches? Jakub Narebski
2008-06-14 14:44 ` Lea Wiemann
2008-06-14 21:36 ` Vaclav Hanzl
2008-06-14 22:18 ` Junio C Hamano
2008-06-15 7:18 ` Vaclav Hanzl
2008-06-14 23:03 ` Jakub Narebski
2008-06-15 8:40 ` Jakub Narebski
2008-06-15 13:05 ` Robin Rosenberg [this message]
2008-06-15 13:39 ` [PATCH] Documentation: Note about the meaning of "clone" Jakub Narebski
2008-06-15 13:52 ` Wincent Colaiuta
2008-06-15 16:31 ` Vaclav Hanzl
2008-06-15 17:03 ` Vaclav Hanzl
2008-06-15 19:12 ` Miklos Vajna
2008-06-15 20:14 ` Junio C Hamano
2008-06-15 13:05 ` PATCH] cvsimport: Clarification on the use of -r Robin Rosenberg
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