Mention progress reporting behaviour in the descriptions for -q/
--quiet and -v/--verbose options, in the style of git-pack-objects.txt.
Signed-off-by: Tay Ray Chuan <redacted>
---
Documentation/git-clone.txt | 9 ++++++---
1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index f298fdd..e722e6c 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -96,13 +96,16 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository.
--quiet::
-q::
- Operate quietly. This flag is also passed to the `rsync'
+ Operate quietly. Progress is not reported to the standard
+ error stream. This flag is also passed to the `rsync'
command when given.
--verbose::
-v::
- Display the progress bar, even in case the standard error is not
- a terminal.
+ Progress status is reported on the standard error stream
+ by default when it is attached to a terminal, unless -q
+ is specified. This flag forces progress status even if the
+ standard error stream is not directed to a terminal.
--no-checkout::
-n::
--
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