7 git-clone - Clones a repository.
12 'git clone' [-l] [-u <upload-pack>] [-q] <repository> <directory>
16 Clones a repository into a newly created directory.
21 When the repository to clone from is on a local machine,
22 this flag bypasses normal "git aware" transport
23 mechanism and clones the repository by making a copy of
24 HEAD and everything under objects and refs directories.
25 The files under .git/objects/ directory are hardlinked
26 to save space when possible.
29 Operate quietly. This flag is passed to "rsync" and
30 "git-clone-pack" commands when given.
33 When given, and the repository to clone from is handled
34 by 'git-clone-pack', '--exec=<upload-pack>' is passed to
35 the command to specify non-default path for the command
39 The (possibly remote) repository to clone from. It can
40 be an "rsync://host/dir" URL, an "http://host/dir" URL,
41 or [<host>:]/dir notation that is used by 'git-clone-pack'.
42 Currently http transport is not supported.
45 The name of a new directory to be cloned into. It is an
46 error to specify an existing directory.
50 Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
54 Documentation by Junio C Hamano.
59 Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite