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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2014-02-27 15:07:15 -0800 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2014-02-27 15:07:15 -0800 |
| commit | 5b3533dc1d20a4946b19e379650c2faa5b88c9ec (patch) | |
| tree | 3bc7b2357c9f22023f51c443d7d07fa87aa8fbf3 /git-clone.txt | |
| parent | 616a76d3a7e606b4673a9657b203c03a152e7a63 (diff) | |
| download | git-htmldocs-5b3533dc1d20a4946b19e379650c2faa5b88c9ec.tar.gz | |
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diff --git a/git-clone.txt b/git-clone.txt index bf3dac0ce..0363d0039 100644 --- a/git-clone.txt +++ b/git-clone.txt @@ -55,15 +55,12 @@ repository is specified as a URL, then this flag is ignored (and we never use the local optimizations). Specifying `--no-local` will override the default when `/path/to/repo` is given, using the regular Git transport instead. -+ -To force copying instead of hardlinking (which may be desirable if you -are trying to make a back-up of your repository), but still avoid the -usual "Git aware" transport mechanism, `--no-hardlinks` can be used. --no-hardlinks:: - Optimize the cloning process from a repository on a - local filesystem by copying files under `.git/objects` - directory. + Force the cloning process from a repository on a local + filesystem to copy the files under the `.git/objects` + directory instead of using hardlinks. This may be desirable + if you are trying to make a back-up of your repository. --shared:: -s:: |