Merge branch 'maint-1.6.2' into maint-1.6.3

[git.git] / Documentation / git-clone.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index 95f08b911464b348525e4c65cca32946c583e762..87c13ab13eb05e67312bf45de3e31ca30f7a01ab 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ then the cloned repository will become corrupt.
 
 
 --reference <repository>::
-       If the reference repository is on the local machine
+       If the reference repository is on the local machine,
        automatically setup .git/objects/info/alternates to
        obtain objects from the reference repository.  Using
        an already existing repository as an alternate will
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ then the cloned repository will become corrupt.
 --origin <name>::
 -o <name>::
        Instead of using the remote name 'origin' to keep track
-       of the upstream repository, use <name> instead.
+       of the upstream repository, use <name>.
 
 --upload-pack <upload-pack>::
 -u <upload-pack>::
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ then the cloned repository will become corrupt.
        part of the source repository is used if no directory is
        explicitly given ("repo" for "/path/to/repo.git" and "foo"
        for "host.xz:foo/.git").  Cloning into an existing directory
-       is not allowed.
+       is only allowed if the directory is empty.
 
 :git-clone: 1
 include::urls.txt[]