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authorJohannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>2008-08-02 21:38:56 +0200
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2008-08-02 15:21:59 -0700
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clone: Add an option to set up a mirror
The command line $ git clone --mirror $URL is now a short-hand for $ git clone --bare $URL $ (cd $(basename $URL) && git remote add --mirror origin $URL) Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
'git clone' [--template=<template_directory>]
- [-l] [-s] [--no-hardlinks] [-q] [-n] [--bare]
+ [-l] [-s] [--no-hardlinks] [-q] [-n] [--bare] [--mirror]
[-o <name>] [-u <upload-pack>] [--reference <repository>]
[--depth <depth>] [--] <repository> [<directory>]
@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ then the cloned repository will become corrupt.
used, neither remote-tracking branches nor the related
configuration variables are created.
+--mirror::
+ Set up a mirror of the remote repository. This implies --bare.
+
--origin <name>::
-o <name>::
Instead of using the remote name 'origin' to keep track