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[PATCH] Documentation/git-clone: describe --mirror more verbose

From: Uwe Kleine-König <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:49:40

Some people in #linux-rt claimed that you cannot define "--mirror" with
"mirror".

Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <redacted>
---
 Documentation/git-clone.txt |   11 ++++++++++-
 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index dc7d3d1..5eedfbd 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -128,7 +128,16 @@ 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 remote repository.
+	Using
+
+		git remote update origin
+
+	(or `<name>` instead of `origin` if -o is given) in the resulting
+	repository overwrites the local branches without asking.
+	This implies `--bare`.
+	Without --mirror (but with --bare) git remote update doesn't touch any
+	branches at all.
 
 --origin <name>::
 -o <name>::
-- 
1.7.2.3

Re: [PATCH] Documentation/git-clone: describe --mirror more verbose

From: Darren Hart <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:49:40

2010/10/1 Uwe Kleine-König [off-list ref]:
Some people in #linux-rt claimed that you cannot define "--mirror" with
"mirror".

Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <redacted>
Acked-by: Darren 'Some People' Hart <redacted>
quoted hunk
---
 Documentation/git-clone.txt |   11 ++++++++++-
 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index dc7d3d1..5eedfbd 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -128,7 +128,16 @@ 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 remote repository.
+       Using
+
+               git remote update origin
+
+       (or `<name>` instead of `origin` if -o is given) in the resulting
+       repository overwrites the local branches without asking.
+       This implies `--bare`.
+       Without --mirror (but with --bare) git remote update doesn't touch any
+       branches at all.

 --origin <name>::
 -o <name>::
--
1.7.2.3


-- 
Darren Hart

Re: [PATCH] Documentation/git-clone: describe --mirror more verbose

From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:49:40

On Fri, 2010-10-01 at 13:18 -0700, Darren Hart wrote:
2010/10/1 Uwe Kleine-König [off-list ref]:
quoted
Some people in #linux-rt claimed that you cannot define "--mirror" with
"mirror".

Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <redacted>
Acked-by: Darren 'Some People' Hart <redacted>
  Acked-by: Steven Rostedt [off-list ref]

-- Steve
quoted
---
 Documentation/git-clone.txt |   11 ++++++++++-
 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index dc7d3d1..5eedfbd 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -128,7 +128,16 @@ 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 remote repository.
+       Using
+
+               git remote update origin
+
+       (or `<name>` instead of `origin` if -o is given) in the resulting
+       repository overwrites the local branches without asking.
+       This implies `--bare`.
+       Without --mirror (but with --bare) git remote update doesn't touch any
+       branches at all.

 --origin <name>::
 -o <name>::
--
1.7.2.3

Re: [PATCH] Documentation/git-clone: describe --mirror more verbose

From: Michael J Gruber <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:49:41

Steven Rostedt venit, vidit, dixit 01.10.2010 23:16:
On Fri, 2010-10-01 at 13:18 -0700, Darren Hart wrote:
quoted
2010/10/1 Uwe Kleine-König [off-list ref]:
quoted
Some people in #linux-rt claimed that you cannot define "--mirror" with
"mirror".
I'd say "mirror" is a commonly known term for an exact copy. Moreover,
the text below doesn't explain what a mirror is either, only how
"update" behaves in it.
quoted
quoted
Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <redacted>
Acked-by: Darren 'Some People' Hart <redacted>
  Acked-by: Steven Rostedt [off-list ref]

-- Steve
quoted
quoted
---
 Documentation/git-clone.txt |   11 ++++++++++-
 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index dc7d3d1..5eedfbd 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -128,7 +128,16 @@ 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 remote repository.
+       Using
+
+               git remote update origin
+
+       (or `<name>` instead of `origin` if -o is given) in the resulting
"remote" has no "-o" option. You probably mean the "clone" option, but
the way it's written it refers to the preceding command.
quoted
quoted
+       repository overwrites the local branches without asking.
+       This implies `--bare`.
Again, "this" refers to the preceding sentence. But the update behavior
does not imply "--bare". Specifying "--mirror" for "clone" implies "--bare".
quoted
quoted
+       Without --mirror (but with --bare) git remote update doesn't touch any
+       branches at all.
That's not true. It just doesn't touch any local branches; it updates
the remote branches, of course.

I'm sorry but I can't consider this patch an improvement.

Michael

Re: [PATCH] Documentation/git-clone: describe --mirror more verbose

From: Uwe Kleine-König <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:49:41

Hello Michael,

On Mon, Oct 04, 2010 at 09:25:17AM +0200, Michael J Gruber wrote:
Steven Rostedt venit, vidit, dixit 01.10.2010 23:16:
quoted
On Fri, 2010-10-01 at 13:18 -0700, Darren Hart wrote:
quoted
2010/10/1 Uwe Kleine-König [off-list ref]:
quoted
Some people in #linux-rt claimed that you cannot define "--mirror" with
"mirror".
I'd say "mirror" is a commonly known term for an exact copy. Moreover,
the text below doesn't explain what a mirror is either, only how
"update" behaves in it.
hmm.  The --mirror option doesn't have any effect (apart from the
changes in the config file) until you update.  So I think it's natural
to talk about git update.  No?
 
quoted
quoted
quoted
Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <redacted>
Acked-by: Darren 'Some People' Hart <redacted>
  Acked-by: Steven Rostedt [off-list ref]

-- Steve
quoted
quoted
---
 Documentation/git-clone.txt |   11 ++++++++++-
 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index dc7d3d1..5eedfbd 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -128,7 +128,16 @@ 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 remote repository.
+       Using
+
+               git remote update origin
+
+       (or `<name>` instead of `origin` if -o is given) in the resulting
"remote" has no "-o" option. You probably mean the "clone" option, but
the way it's written it refers to the preceding command.
So what do you think about:

	... (or `<name>` instead of `origin` if -o is given to clone)
quoted
quoted
quoted
+       repository overwrites the local branches without asking.
+       This implies `--bare`.
Again, "this" refers to the preceding sentence. But the update behavior
does not imply "--bare". Specifying "--mirror" for "clone" implies "--bare".
OK.
 
quoted
quoted
quoted
+       Without --mirror (but with --bare) git remote update doesn't touch any
+       branches at all.
That's not true. It just doesn't touch any local branches; it updates
the remote branches, of course.
Hmm, for me there are no remote branches when using --bare:

	ukleinek@cassiopeia:~/tmp$ git clone --bare ~/gsrc/topgit
	Cloning into bare repository topgit.git...
	done.
	ukleinek@cassiopeia:~/tmp$ cd topgit.git/
	ukleinek@cassiopeia:~/tmp/topgit.git$ git remote update
	Fetching origin
	From /home/ukleinek/gsrc/topgit
	 * branch            HEAD       -> FETCH_HEAD

This is also documented for --bare:

	When this option is used, neither remote-tracking branches nor
	the related configuration variables are created.

Best regards
Uwe

-- 
Pengutronix e.K.                           | Uwe Kleine-König            |
Industrial Linux Solutions                 | http://www.pengutronix.de/  |

Re: [PATCH] Documentation/git-clone: describe --mirror more verbose

From: Michael J Gruber <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:49:41

Uwe Kleine-König venit, vidit, dixit 04.10.2010 09:50:
Hello Michael,

On Mon, Oct 04, 2010 at 09:25:17AM +0200, Michael J Gruber wrote:
quoted
Steven Rostedt venit, vidit, dixit 01.10.2010 23:16:
quoted
On Fri, 2010-10-01 at 13:18 -0700, Darren Hart wrote:
quoted
2010/10/1 Uwe Kleine-König [off-list ref]:
quoted
Some people in #linux-rt claimed that you cannot define "--mirror" with
"mirror".
I'd say "mirror" is a commonly known term for an exact copy. Moreover,
the text below doesn't explain what a mirror is either, only how
"update" behaves in it.
hmm.  The --mirror option doesn't have any effect (apart from the
changes in the config file) until you update.  So I think it's natural
to talk about git update.  No?
"git clone" (with or without --mirror) does a couple of things, and it
does them differently when "--mirror" is used. It mirrors each branch
from the source repo in the target repo under the same name, including
for example any remote branches in the source repo. This is completely
different without "--mirror", where clone does not look at the source's
remote branches at all. Also, it sets up a mirroring refspec, i.e.
+refs/*:refs/*

Then, when you use the mirror clone, the refspec makes it behave
differently from a normal clone, which is what you notice with "update" etc.
quoted
quoted
quoted
quoted
Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <redacted>
Acked-by: Darren 'Some People' Hart <redacted>
  Acked-by: Steven Rostedt [off-list ref]

-- Steve
quoted
quoted
---
 Documentation/git-clone.txt |   11 ++++++++++-
 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index dc7d3d1..5eedfbd 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -128,7 +128,16 @@ 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 remote repository.
+       Using
+
+               git remote update origin
+
+       (or `<name>` instead of `origin` if -o is given) in the resulting
"remote" has no "-o" option. You probably mean the "clone" option, but
the way it's written it refers to the preceding command.
So what do you think about:

	... (or `<name>` instead of `origin` if -o is given to clone)
maybe "was given"
quoted
quoted
quoted
quoted
+       repository overwrites the local branches without asking.
+       This implies `--bare`.
Again, "this" refers to the preceding sentence. But the update behavior
does not imply "--bare". Specifying "--mirror" for "clone" implies "--bare".
OK.
 
quoted
quoted
quoted
quoted
+       Without --mirror (but with --bare) git remote update doesn't touch any
+       branches at all.
That's not true. It just doesn't touch any local branches; it updates
the remote branches, of course.
Hmm, for me there are no remote branches when using --bare:
I'm sorry, I missed the parenthetical remark. You're completely right
for the case with "--bare" only.
	ukleinek@cassiopeia:~/tmp$ git clone --bare ~/gsrc/topgit
	Cloning into bare repository topgit.git...
	done.
	ukleinek@cassiopeia:~/tmp$ cd topgit.git/
	ukleinek@cassiopeia:~/tmp/topgit.git$ git remote update
	Fetching origin
	From /home/ukleinek/gsrc/topgit
	 * branch            HEAD       -> FETCH_HEAD

This is also documented for --bare:

	When this option is used, neither remote-tracking branches nor
	the related configuration variables are created.

Best regards
Uwe
This makes me think that --mirror should be explained on top of --bare.
For example:

In addition to the mapping of local branches to local branches which
--bare does, --mirror maps all refs which the source has under the same
name in the target (including remote branches, notes etc.) and sets up a
refspec configuration so that all these refs are updated by a `git
update` in the target repo.

Michael

Re: [PATCH] Documentation/git-clone: describe --mirror more verbose

From: Uwe Kleine-König <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:49:41

Hello Michael,

On Mon, Oct 04, 2010 at 10:23:13AM +0200, Michael J Gruber wrote:
Uwe Kleine-König venit, vidit, dixit 04.10.2010 09:50:
quoted
Hello Michael,

On Mon, Oct 04, 2010 at 09:25:17AM +0200, Michael J Gruber wrote:
quoted
Steven Rostedt venit, vidit, dixit 01.10.2010 23:16:
quoted
On Fri, 2010-10-01 at 13:18 -0700, Darren Hart wrote:
quoted
2010/10/1 Uwe Kleine-König [off-list ref]:
quoted
Some people in #linux-rt claimed that you cannot define "--mirror" with
"mirror".
I'd say "mirror" is a commonly known term for an exact copy. Moreover,
the text below doesn't explain what a mirror is either, only how
"update" behaves in it.
hmm.  The --mirror option doesn't have any effect (apart from the
changes in the config file) until you update.  So I think it's natural
to talk about git update.  No?
"git clone" (with or without --mirror) does a couple of things, and it
does them differently when "--mirror" is used. It mirrors each branch
from the source repo in the target repo under the same name, including
for example any remote branches in the source repo. This is completely
different without "--mirror", where clone does not look at the source's
remote branches at all. Also, it sets up a mirroring refspec, i.e.
+refs/*:refs/*
Ah, didn't notice that.
[...]
This makes me think that --mirror should be explained on top of --bare.
OK.
For example:

In addition to the mapping of local branches to local branches which
--bare does, --mirror maps all refs which the source has under the same
name in the target (including remote branches, notes etc.) and sets up a
refspec configuration so that all these refs are updated by a `git
update` in the target repo.
Hmm, I didn't understand this when I read it the first few times.  The
special thing is that --mirror maps *all* refs, not *same name*.

So maybe:

	Set up a mirror of the remote repository.  This implies `--bare`.
	Compared to `--bare`, `--mirror` doesn't only map local branches of
	the remote to local branches of the target but 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.

I choosed to write "overwritten" instead of "updated" to make it clearer
that it makes no sence to push into these branches from a different
source.  Should this be noted more explicit?

Best regards
Uwe

-- 
Pengutronix e.K.                           | Uwe Kleine-König            |
Industrial Linux Solutions                 | http://www.pengutronix.de/  |

Re: [PATCH] Documentation/git-clone: describe --mirror more verbose

From: Michael J Gruber <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:49:41

Uwe Kleine-König venit, vidit, dixit 04.10.2010 10:50:
Hello Michael,

On Mon, Oct 04, 2010 at 10:23:13AM +0200, Michael J Gruber wrote:
quoted
Uwe Kleine-König venit, vidit, dixit 04.10.2010 09:50:
quoted
Hello Michael,

On Mon, Oct 04, 2010 at 09:25:17AM +0200, Michael J Gruber wrote:
quoted
Steven Rostedt venit, vidit, dixit 01.10.2010 23:16:
quoted
On Fri, 2010-10-01 at 13:18 -0700, Darren Hart wrote:
quoted
2010/10/1 Uwe Kleine-König [off-list ref]:
quoted
Some people in #linux-rt claimed that you cannot define "--mirror" with
"mirror".
I'd say "mirror" is a commonly known term for an exact copy. Moreover,
the text below doesn't explain what a mirror is either, only how
"update" behaves in it.
hmm.  The --mirror option doesn't have any effect (apart from the
changes in the config file) until you update.  So I think it's natural
to talk about git update.  No?
"git clone" (with or without --mirror) does a couple of things, and it
does them differently when "--mirror" is used. It mirrors each branch
from the source repo in the target repo under the same name, including
for example any remote branches in the source repo. This is completely
different without "--mirror", where clone does not look at the source's
remote branches at all. Also, it sets up a mirroring refspec, i.e.
+refs/*:refs/*
Ah, didn't notice that.
quoted
[...]
This makes me think that --mirror should be explained on top of --bare.
OK.
quoted
For example:

In addition to the mapping of local branches to local branches which
--bare does, --mirror maps all refs which the source has under the same
name in the target (including remote branches, notes etc.) and sets up a
refspec configuration so that all these refs are updated by a `git
update` in the target repo.
Hmm, I didn't understand this when I read it the first few times.  The
special thing is that --mirror maps *all* refs, not *same name*.
Yep, my sentence was bad, it could be misunderstood.
So maybe:

	Set up a mirror of the remote repository.  This implies `--bare`.
	Compared to `--bare`, `--mirror` doesn't only map local branches of
"does not"
	the remote to local branches of the target but all refs
	(including remote branches, notes etc.) and sets up a refspec
Maybe "of the source" for "of the remote"? Because remote comes up right
after in a different meaning.
	configuration such that all these refs are overwritten by a
	`git remote update` in the target repository.
I like that a lot!
I choosed to write "overwritten" instead of "updated" to make it clearer
that it makes no sence to push into these branches from a different
source.  Should this be noted more explicit?
"update" may be more Git lingo but I think either is fine. "overwritten"
makes it clearer this is not a repo to do development in...

Cheers,
Michael

[PATCH v2] Documentation/git-clone: describe --mirror more verbose

From: Uwe Kleine-König <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:49:41

Some people in #linux-rt claimed that you cannot define "--mirror" with
"mirror" only.

Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Darren 'Some People' Hart <redacted>
Cc: Michael J Gruber <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <redacted>
---
 Documentation/git-clone.txt |    7 ++++++-
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index dc7d3d1..524a080 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -128,7 +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` does not only map local branches of
+	the source to local branches of the target but 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>::
-- 
1.7.2.3

Re: [PATCH v2] Documentation/git-clone: describe --mirror more verbose

From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:49:41

On Mon, 2010-10-04 at 11:51 +0200, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
Some people in #linux-rt claimed that you cannot define "--mirror" with
"mirror" only.
Acked-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>

-- Steve
quoted hunk
Cc: Darren 'Some People' Hart <redacted>
Cc: Michael J Gruber <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <redacted>
---
 Documentation/git-clone.txt |    7 ++++++-
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index dc7d3d1..524a080 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -128,7 +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` does not only map local branches of
+	the source to local branches of the target but 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>::

Re: [PATCH v2] Documentation/git-clone: describe --mirror more verbose

From: Michael J Gruber <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:49:41

Uwe Kleine-König venit, vidit, dixit 04.10.2010 11:51:
quoted hunk
Some people in #linux-rt claimed that you cannot define "--mirror" with
"mirror" only.

Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Darren 'Some People' Hart <redacted>
Cc: Michael J Gruber <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <redacted>
---
 Documentation/git-clone.txt |    7 ++++++-
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index dc7d3d1..524a080 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -128,7 +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` does not only map local branches of
+	the source to local branches of the target but 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>::
Yep, and thanks for being patient! JC may prefer a grammatically correct
commit subject ("more verbosely") but in any case, thanks for hanging in
there ;)

Michael

Acked-by: sender

Re: [PATCH v2] Documentation/git-clone: describe --mirror more verbose

From: Darren Hart <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:49:41

Hi Uwe,

(sorry for the dup Uwe)

Thanks for iterating on this with Michael. The following looks good to
me, with one exception below:

2010/10/4 Uwe Kleine-König [off-list ref]:
quoted hunk
Some people in #linux-rt claimed that you cannot define "--mirror" with
"mirror" only.

Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Darren 'Some People' Hart <redacted>
Cc: Michael J Gruber <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <redacted>
---
 Documentation/git-clone.txt |    7 ++++++-
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index dc7d3d1..524a080 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -128,7 +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` does not only map local branches of
s/does not only map/not only maps/
+       the source to local branches of the target but all refs (including
s/but all refs/, it maps all refs/

These changes form a more parallel sentence structure and is easier to
read/parse IMO.

Thanks,

Darren Hart
+       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>::
--
1.7.2.3


--
Darren Hart

[PATCH v3] Documentation/git-clone: describe --mirror more verbosely

From: Uwe Kleine-König <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:49:41

Some people in #linux-rt claimed that you cannot define "--mirror" with
"mirror" only.

Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Darren 'Some People' Hart <redacted>
Cc: Michael J Gruber <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <redacted>
---
 Documentation/git-clone.txt |    7 ++++++-
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index dc7d3d1..ab72933 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -128,7 +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>::
-- 
1.7.2.3
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