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>
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--- 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