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diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt index b14de6c407..88ea272ee5 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SYNOPSIS 'git clone' [--template=<template_directory>] [-l] [-s] [--no-hardlinks] [-q] [-n] [--bare] [--mirror] [-o <name>] [-u <upload-pack>] [--reference <repository>] - [--depth <depth>] [--] <repository> [<directory>] + [--depth <depth>] [--recursive] [--] <repository> [<directory>] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -72,8 +72,16 @@ These objects may be removed by normal git operations (such as 'git-commit') which automatically call `git gc --auto`. (See linkgit:git-gc[1].) If these objects are removed and were referenced by the cloned repository, then the cloned repository will become corrupt. - - ++ +Note that running `git repack` without the `-l` option in a repository +cloned with `-s` will copy objects from the source repository into a pack +in the cloned repository, removing the disk space savings of `clone -s`. +It is safe, however, to run `git gc`, which uses the `-l` option by +default. ++ +If you want to break the dependency of a repository cloned with `-s` on +its source repository, you can simply run `git repack -a` to copy all +objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository. --reference <repository>:: If the reference repository is on the local machine @@ -139,6 +147,14 @@ then the cloned repository will become corrupt. with a long history, and would want to send in fixes as patches. +--recursive:: + After the clone is created, initialize all submodules within, + using their default settings. This is equivalent to running + 'git submodule update --init --recursive' immediately after + the clone is finished. This option is ignored if the cloned + repository does not have a worktree/checkout (i.e. if any of + `--no-checkout`/`-n`, `--bare`, or `--mirror` is given) + <repository>:: The (possibly remote) repository to clone from. See the <<URLS,URLS>> section below for more information on specifying |