git-ls-files.txt: clarify what "other files" mean for --other

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

diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index 4072f40d7ae5417c51d1cddcf587b674aa1dc0e5..b14de6c407b8bd0bc001c608ca4f26fc619abf3e 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ then the cloned repository will become corrupt.
        part of the source repository is used if no directory is
        explicitly given ("repo" for "/path/to/repo.git" and "foo"
        for "host.xz:foo/.git").  Cloning into an existing directory
-       is not allowed.
+       is only allowed if the directory is empty.
 
 :git-clone: 1
 include::urls.txt[]