X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fgit-clone.txt;h=14e58f3866e3a4e7d1da01753cb68082e88ae2f6;hb=a6828f536119c3288b0be772e3870f1a464d017d;hp=cca14d6b5df042fcf48889e5ff00285ffc4c3009;hpb=3d66dc9657f195cb241387a87bcdd5709abd8a21;p=git.git

diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index cca14d6b5..975824301 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 'git-clone' [--template=<template_directory>]
 	  [-l] [-s] [--no-hardlinks] [-q] [-n] [--bare]
 	  [-o <name>] [-u <upload-pack>] [--reference <repository>]
-	  [--depth <depth>] <repository> [<directory>]
+	  [--depth <depth>] [--] <repository> [<directory>]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -62,6 +62,15 @@ OPTIONS
 	.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
@@ -130,6 +139,7 @@ OPTIONS
 	for "host.xz:foo/.git").  Cloning into an existing directory
 	is not allowed.
 
+:git-clone: 1
 include::urls.txt[]
 
 Examples
@@ -190,4 +200,4 @@ Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
 
 GIT
 ---
-Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
+Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite