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

diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index e7085fdf5fe61520c2a138f971b39420775245c7..6d32c491a591daa183424a8743ed119e07631b27 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-clone(1)
 
 NAME
 ----
-git-clone - Clones a repository
+git-clone - Clones a repository into a new directory
 
 
 SYNOPSIS
@@ -11,20 +11,20 @@ SYNOPSIS
 [verse]
 'git-clone' [--template=<template_directory>] [-l [-s]] [-q] [-n] [--bare]
          [-o <name>] [-u <upload-pack>] [--reference <repository>]
-         [--depth=<depth>] <repository> [<directory>]
+         [--depth <depth>] <repository> [<directory>]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
 
 Clones a repository into a newly created directory, creates
 remote-tracking branches for each branch in the cloned repository
-(visible using `git branch -r`), and creates and checks out a master
-branch equal to the cloned repository's master branch.
+(visible using `git branch -r`), and creates and checks out an initial
+branch equal to the cloned repository's currently active branch.
 
 After the clone, a plain `git fetch` without arguments will update
 all the remote-tracking branches, and a `git pull` without
 arguments will in addition merge the remote master branch into the
-current branch.
+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
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ OPTIONS
        if unset the templates are taken from the installation
        defined default, typically `/usr/share/git-core/templates`.
 
---depth=<depth>::
+--depth <depth>::
        Create a 'shallow' clone with a history truncated to the
        specified number of revs.  A shallow repository has
        number of limitations (you cannot clone or fetch from