6 git-clone - Clones a repository.
11 'git-clone' [-l [-s]] [-q] [-n] [-u <upload-pack>] <repository> <directory>
15 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.
30 When the repository to clone is on the local machine,
31 instead of using hard links automatically setup
32 .git/objects/info/alternatives to share the objects
33 with the source repository
37 Operate quietly. This flag is passed to "rsync" and
38 "git-clone-pack" commands when given.
41 No checkout of HEAD is performed after the clone is complete.
43 --upload-pack <upload-pack>::
45 When given, and the repository to clone from is handled
46 by 'git-clone-pack', '--exec=<upload-pack>' is passed to
47 the command to specify non-default path for the command
51 The (possibly remote) repository to clone from. It can
52 be an "rsync://host/dir" URL, an "http://host/dir" URL,
53 or [<host>:]/dir notation that is used by 'git-clone-pack'.
54 Currently http transport is not supported.
57 The name of a new directory to be cloned into. It is an
58 error to specify an existing directory.
62 Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
66 Documentation by Junio C Hamano.
71 Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite