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| author | Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> | 2012-01-16 16:46:15 +0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2012-01-16 16:26:26 -0800 |
| commit | 5a7d5b683f869d3e3884a89775241afa515da9e7 (patch) | |
| tree | cf3930dd84c09d9bacdda4c993aab526e7bd493e /Documentation/git-clone.txt | |
| parent | 920b691fe4da8115f9b79901411c0cc5fff17efe (diff) | |
| download | git-5a7d5b683f869d3e3884a89775241afa515da9e7.tar.gz | |
clone: allow --branch to take a tag
Because a tag ref cannot be put to HEAD, HEAD will become detached.
This is consistent with "git checkout <tag>".
This is mostly useful in shallow clone, where it allows you to clone a
tag in addtion to branches.
Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-clone.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-clone.txt | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt index 0931a3e392..6e22522c4f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt @@ -147,8 +147,9 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository. -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. + instead. `--branch` can also take tags and treat them like + detached HEAD. In a non-bare repository, this is the branch + that will be checked out. --upload-pack <upload-pack>:: -u <upload-pack>:: |