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]:
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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