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diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index 9b564420c53e33616c605b6564e2f1f227725805..4072f40d7ae5417c51d1cddcf587b674aa1dc0e5 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ git-clone - Clone a repository into a new directory
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git-clone' [--template=<template_directory>]
-         [-l] [-s] [--no-hardlinks] [-q] [-n] [--bare]
+'git clone' [--template=<template_directory>]
+         [-l] [-s] [--no-hardlinks] [-q] [-n] [--bare] [--mirror]
          [-o <name>] [-u <upload-pack>] [--reference <repository>]
          [--depth <depth>] [--] <repository> [<directory>]
 
@@ -68,10 +68,10 @@ it unless you understand what it does. If you clone your
 repository using this option and then delete branches (or use any
 other git command that makes any existing commit unreferenced) in the
 source repository, some objects may become unreferenced (or dangling).
-These objects may be removed by normal git operations (such as git-commit[1])
-which automatically call git-gc[1]. If these objects are removed and
-were referenced by the cloned repository, then the cloned repository
-will become corrupt.
+These objects may be removed by normal git operations (such as 'git-commit')
+which automatically call `git gc --auto`. (See linkgit:git-gc[1].)
+If these objects are removed and were referenced by the cloned repository,
+then the cloned repository will become corrupt.
 
 
 
@@ -87,8 +87,13 @@ will become corrupt.
 
 --quiet::
 -q::
-       Operate quietly.  This flag is passed to "rsync" and
-       "git-fetch-pack" commands when given.
+       Operate quietly.  This flag is also passed to the `rsync'
+       command when given.
+
+--verbose::
+-v::
+       Display the progressbar, even in case the standard output is not
+       a terminal.
 
 --no-checkout::
 -n::
@@ -106,16 +111,18 @@ will become corrupt.
        used, neither remote-tracking branches nor the related
        configuration variables are created.
 
+--mirror::
+       Set up a mirror of the remote repository.  This implies --bare.
+
 --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>::
-       When given, and the repository to clone from is handled
-       by 'git-fetch-pack', '--exec=<upload-pack>' is passed to
-       the command to specify non-default path for the command
+       When given, and the repository to clone from is accessed
+       via ssh, this specifies a non-default path for the command
        run on the other end.
 
 --template=<template_directory>::
@@ -205,4 +212,4 @@ Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
 
 GIT
 ---
-Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite