t1510: setup case #4

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

diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index d15cb17d78784760097fc5137e526d12d10e90e2..ab7293351d283e7ee3a8275c534c3667d6b4d696 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -102,7 +102,8 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository.
 
 --verbose::
 -v::
-       Run verbosely.
+       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
@@ -127,7 +128,12 @@ 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 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>::
@@ -149,8 +155,7 @@ 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