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| author | Jeff King <peff@peff.net> | 2011-06-09 16:56:19 -0400 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2011-06-22 11:25:21 -0700 |
| commit | 84054f79de35015fc92f73ec4780102dd820e452 (patch) | |
| tree | 9b85fe6d35164284cd5601ffd051011c4224512f /Documentation/git-clone.txt | |
| parent | 2496844bb2e5410019bf51c10b1f3068b621fa27 (diff) | |
| download | git-84054f79de35015fc92f73ec4780102dd820e452.tar.gz | |
clone: accept config options on the command line
Clone does all of init, "remote add", fetch, and checkout
without giving the user a chance to intervene and set any
configuration. This patch allows you to set config options
in the newly created repository after the clone, but before
we do any other operations.
In many cases, this is a minor convenience over something
like:
git clone git://...
git config core.whatever true
But in some cases, it can bring extra efficiency by changing
how the fetch or checkout work. For example, setting
line-ending config before the checkout avoids having to
re-checkout all of the contents with the correct line
endings.
It also provides a mechanism for passing information to remote
helpers during a clone; the helpers may read the git config
to influence how they operate.
Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-clone.txt')
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt index b093e45497..4b8b26b75e 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt @@ -159,6 +159,17 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository. Specify the directory from which templates will be used; (See the "TEMPLATE DIRECTORY" section of linkgit:git-init[1].) +--config <key>=<value>:: +-c <key>=<value>:: + Set a configuration variable in the newly-created repository; + this takes effect immediately after the repository is + initialized, but before the remote history is fetched or any + files checked out. The key is in the same format as expected by + linkgit:git-config[1] (e.g., `core.eol=true`). If multiple + values are given for the same key, each value will be written to + the config file. This makes it safe, for example, to add + additional fetch refspecs to the origin remote. + --depth <depth>:: Create a 'shallow' clone with a history truncated to the specified number of revisions. A shallow repository has a |