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git-clone -s: document problems with git gc --prune

There is a scenario when using git clone -s and git gc --prune togother is
dangerous. Document this.

Signed-off-by: Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Miklos Vajna 17 years ago committed by Junio C Hamano
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@ -62,6 +62,14 @@ OPTIONS @@ -62,6 +62,14 @@ OPTIONS
.git/objects/info/alternates to share the objects
with the source repository. The resulting repository
starts out without any object of its own.
*NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use
it unless you understand what it does. If you clone your
repository using this option, then delete branches in the
source repository and then run linkgit:git-gc[1] using the
'--prune' option in the source repository, it may remove
objects which are referenced by the cloned repository.



--reference <repository>::
If the reference repository is on the local machine

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