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git-clone(1)
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NAME
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----
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git-clone - Clones a repository.
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SYNOPSIS
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--------
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'git-clone' [-l [-s]] [-q] [-n] [-u <upload-pack>] <repository> <directory>
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DESCRIPTION
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-----------
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Clones a repository into a newly created directory. All remote
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branch heads are copied under `$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/`, except
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that the remote `master` is also copied to `origin` branch.
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In addition, `$GIT_DIR/remotes/origin` file is set up to have
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this line:
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Pull: master:origin
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This is to help the typical workflow of working off of the
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remote `master` branch. Every time `git pull` without argument
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is run, the progress on the remote `master` branch is tracked by
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copying it into the local `origin` branch, and merged into the
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branch you are currently working on.
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OPTIONS
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--local::
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-l::
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When the repository to clone from is on a local machine,
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this flag bypasses normal "git aware" transport
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mechanism and clones the repository by making a copy of
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HEAD and everything under objects and refs directories.
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The files under .git/objects/ directory are hardlinked
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to save space when possible.
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--shared::
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-s::
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When the repository to clone is on the local machine,
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instead of using hard links, automatically setup
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.git/objects/info/alternatives to share the objects
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with the source repository. The resulting repository
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starts out without any object of its own.
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--quiet::
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-q::
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Operate quietly. This flag is passed to "rsync" and
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"git-clone-pack" commands when given.
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-n::
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No checkout of HEAD is performed after the clone is complete.
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--upload-pack <upload-pack>::
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-u <upload-pack>::
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When given, and the repository to clone from is handled
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by 'git-clone-pack', '--exec=<upload-pack>' is passed to
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the command to specify non-default path for the command
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run on the other end.
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<repository>::
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The (possibly remote) repository to clone from. It can
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be any URL git-fetch supports.
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<directory>::
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The name of a new directory to be cloned into. It is an
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error to specify an existing directory.
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Author
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------
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Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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Documentation
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Documentation by Junio C Hamano.
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GIT
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Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
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