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authorJohannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>2005-12-22 23:37:24 +0100
committerJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2005-12-22 16:35:37 -0800
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git-clone: Support changing the origin branch with -o
Earlier, git-clone stored upstream's master in the branch named 'origin', possibly overwriting an existing such branch. Now you can change it by calling git-clone with '-o <other_name>'. [jc: added ref format check, subdirectory safety, documentation and usage string.] Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-clone - Clones a repository.
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git-clone' [-l [-s]] [-q] [-n] [-u <upload-pack>] <repository> [<directory>]
+'git-clone' [-l [-s]] [-q] [-n] [-o <name>] [-u <upload-pack>] <repository> [<directory>]
DESCRIPTION
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@@ -56,6 +56,13 @@ OPTIONS
-n::
No checkout of HEAD is performed after the clone is complete.
+-o <name>::
+ Instead of using the branch name 'origin' to keep track
+ of the upstream repository, use <name> instead. Note
+ that the shorthand name stored in `remotes/origin` is
+ not affected, but the local branch name to pull the
+ remote `master` branch into is.
+
--upload-pack <upload-pack>::
-u <upload-pack>::
When given, and the repository to clone from is handled