Merge branch 'maint'

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

diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index b49de66764e97e4bb0725898f00dcba072329dc8..42e7021215563f146a66d14e1b642d4dbe55bfaf 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ SYNOPSIS
 'git clone' [--template=<template_directory>]
          [-l] [-s] [--no-hardlinks] [-q] [-n] [--bare] [--mirror]
          [-o <name>] [-b <name>] [-u <upload-pack>] [--reference <repository>]
-         [--depth <depth>] [--recursive] [--] <repository> [<directory>]
+         [--depth <depth>] [--recursive|--recurse-submodules] [--] <repository>
+         [<directory>]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ arguments will in addition merge the remote master branch into the
 current master branch, if any.
 
 This default configuration is achieved by creating references to
-the remote branch heads under `$GIT_DIR/refs/remotes/origin` and
+the remote branch heads under `refs/remotes/origin` and
 by initializing `remote.origin.url` and `remote.origin.fetch`
 configuration variables.
 
@@ -96,13 +97,20 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository.
 
 --quiet::
 -q::
-       Operate quietly.  This flag is also passed to the `rsync'
+       Operate quietly.  Progress is not reported to the standard
+       error stream. This flag is also passed to the `rsync'
        command when given.
 
 --verbose::
 -v::
-       Display the progress bar, even in case the standard output is not
-       a terminal.
+       Run verbosely. Does not affect the reporting of progress status
+       to the standard error stream.
+
+--progress::
+       Progress status is reported on the standard error stream
+       by default when it is attached to a terminal, unless -q
+       is specified. This flag forces progress status even if the
+       standard error stream is not directed to a terminal.
 
 --no-checkout::
 -n::
@@ -121,7 +129,12 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository.
        configuration variables are created.
 
 --mirror::
-       Set up a mirror of the remote repository.  This implies `--bare`.
+       Set up a mirror of the source repository.  This implies `--bare`.
+       Compared to `--bare`, `--mirror` not only maps local branches of the
+       source to local branches of the target, it maps all refs (including
+       remote-tracking branches, notes etc.) and sets up a refspec configuration such
+       that all these refs are overwritten by a `git remote update` in the
+       target repository.
 
 --origin <name>::
 -o <name>::
@@ -143,8 +156,7 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository.
 
 --template=<template_directory>::
        Specify the directory from which templates will be used;
-       if unset the templates are taken from the installation
-       defined default, typically `/usr/share/git-core/templates`.
+       (See the "TEMPLATE DIRECTORY" section of linkgit:git-init[1].)
 
 --depth <depth>::
        Create a 'shallow' clone with a history truncated to the
@@ -156,6 +168,7 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository.
        as patches.
 
 --recursive::
+--recurse-submodules::
        After the clone is created, initialize all submodules within,
        using their default settings. This is equivalent to running
        `git submodule update --init --recursive` immediately after