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.git/objects/info/alternates to share the objects
with the source repository. The resulting repository
starts out without any object of its own.
++
+*NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use
+it unless you understand what it does. If you clone your
+repository using this option, then delete branches in the
+source repository and then run linkgit:git-gc[1] using the
+'--prune' option in the source repository, it may remove
+objects which are referenced by the cloned repository.
+
+
--reference <repository>::
If the reference repository is on the local machine
for "host.xz:foo/.git"). Cloning into an existing directory
is not allowed.
+:git-clone: 1
include::urls.txt[]
Examples
GIT
---
-Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
+Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite