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| author | Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> | 2011-03-19 22:16:56 +0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2011-03-19 21:48:19 -0700 |
| commit | b57fb80a7d7d19102b31ab94a28ed43ea1ee07bb (patch) | |
| tree | c960ce2a4e566f9341f1623cf1f632cbda591166 /Documentation/git-clone.txt | |
| parent | 9d379f4fd0a845aba3efa44b254d8e3905c3c029 (diff) | |
| download | git-b57fb80a7d7d19102b31ab94a28ed43ea1ee07bb.tar.gz | |
init, clone: support --separate-git-dir for .git file
--separate-git-dir tells git to create git dir at the specified
location, instead of where it is supposed to be. A .git file that
points to that location will be put in place so that it appears normal
to repo discovery process.
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 | 10 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt index 8577480074..86eb4c9368 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ SYNOPSIS 'git clone' [--template=<template_directory>] [-l] [-s] [--no-hardlinks] [-q] [-n] [--bare] [--mirror] [-o <name>] [-b <name>] [-u <upload-pack>] [--reference <repository>] + [--separate-git-dir|-L <git dir>] [--depth <depth>] [--recursive|--recurse-submodules] [--] <repository> [<directory>] @@ -176,6 +177,15 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository. repository does not have a worktree/checkout (i.e. if any of `--no-checkout`/`-n`, `--bare`, or `--mirror` is given) +-L=<git dir>:: +--separate-git-dir=<git dir>:: + Instead of placing the cloned repository where it is supposed + to be, place the cloned repository at the specified directory, + then make a filesytem-agnostic git symbolic link to there. + The result is git repository can be separated from working + tree. + + <repository>:: The (possibly remote) repository to clone from. See the <<URLS,URLS>> section below for more information on specifying |