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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2023-04-20 15:20:22 -0700
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2023-04-20 15:20:22 -0700
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@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ never use the local optimizations). Specifying `--no-local` will
override the default when `/path/to/repo` is given, using the regular
Git transport instead.
+
+If the repository's `$GIT_DIR/objects` has symbolic links or is a
+symbolic link, the clone will fail. This is a security measure to
+prevent the unintentional copying of files by dereferencing the symbolic
+links.
++
*NOTE*: this operation can race with concurrent modification to the
source repository, similar to running `cp -r src dst` while modifying
`src`.