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diff --git a/man1/git-clone.1 b/man1/git-clone.1 index a75068e3a..09b1ad1dc 100644 --- a/man1/git-clone.1 +++ b/man1/git-clone.1 @@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ .\" Title: git-clone .\" Author: [FIXME: author] [see http://www.docbook.org/tdg5/en/html/author] .\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets vsnapshot <http://docbook.sf.net/> -.\" Date: 04/17/2023 +.\" Date: 04/20/2023 .\" Manual: Git Manual -.\" Source: Git 2.40.0.352.g667fcf4e15 +.\" Source: Git 2.40.0.363.g9c6990cca2 .\" Language: English .\" -.TH "GIT\-CLONE" "1" "04/17/2023" "Git 2\&.40\&.0\&.352\&.g667fcf" "Git Manual" +.TH "GIT\-CLONE" "1" "04/20/2023" "Git 2\&.40\&.0\&.363\&.g9c6990" "Git Manual" .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * Define some portability stuff .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ will override the default when \fB/path/to/repo\fR is given, using the regular Git transport instead\&. .sp +If the repository\(cqs +\fB$GIT_DIR/objects\fR +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\&. +.sp \fBNOTE\fR: this operation can race with concurrent modification to the source repository, similar to running \fBcp \-r src dst\fR while modifying |