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| author | Junio C Hamano <junio@kernel.org> | 2010-10-07 00:01:24 +0000 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <junio@kernel.org> | 2010-10-07 00:01:24 +0000 |
| commit | 657fd8a8dd93c9d5c7534016aa6601c564fe2601 (patch) | |
| tree | 634630bc99c2a4c8de534924544ac14d34b473ca /git-clone.txt | |
| parent | 0fd857e5bc36d9b8c88686a602c4ae253607487b (diff) | |
| download | git-htmldocs-657fd8a8dd93c9d5c7534016aa6601c564fe2601.tar.gz | |
Autogenerated HTML docs for v1.7.3.1-104-gc752e
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diff --git a/git-clone.txt b/git-clone.txt index dc7d3d17b..ab7293351 100644 --- a/git-clone.txt +++ b/git-clone.txt @@ -128,7 +128,12 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository. configuration variables are created. --mirror:: - Set up a mirror of the remote repository. This implies `--bare`. + Set up a mirror of the source repository. This implies `--bare`. + Compared to `--bare`, `--mirror` not only maps local branches of the + source to local branches of the target, it maps all refs (including + remote branches, notes etc.) and sets up a refspec configuration such + that all these refs are overwritten by a `git remote update` in the + target repository. --origin <name>:: -o <name>:: |