7 git-clone - Clones a repository.
12 'git clone' [-l [-s]] [-q] [-n] [-u <upload-pack>] <repository> <directory>
16 Clones a repository into a newly created directory.
22 When the repository to clone from is on a local machine,
23 this flag bypasses normal "git aware" transport
24 mechanism and clones the repository by making a copy of
25 HEAD and everything under objects and refs directories.
26 The files under .git/objects/ directory are hardlinked
27 to save space when possible.
31 When the repository to clone is on the local machine,
32 instead of using hard links automatically setup
33 .git/objects/info/alternatives to share the objects
34 with the source repository
38 Operate quietly. This flag is passed to "rsync" and
39 "git-clone-pack" commands when given.
42 No checkout of HEAD is performed after the clone is complete.
44 --upload-pack <upload-pack>::
46 When given, and the repository to clone from is handled
47 by 'git-clone-pack', '--exec=<upload-pack>' is passed to
48 the command to specify non-default path for the command
52 The (possibly remote) repository to clone from. It can
53 be an "rsync://host/dir" URL, an "http://host/dir" URL,
54 or [<host>:]/dir notation that is used by 'git-clone-pack'.
55 Currently http transport is not supported.
58 The name of a new directory to be cloned into. It is an
59 error to specify an existing directory.
63 Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
67 Documentation by Junio C Hamano.
72 Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite