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[PATCH v2 2/2] Documentation: Add --track option to the git clone manpage

From
David Soria Parra <sn_@gmx.net>
Date
Dec 1, 2009, 22:51 UTC
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From: David Soria Parra <dsp@php.net>
Signed-off-by: David Soria Parra <dsp@php.net>
---
 Documentation/git-clone.txt |    8 +++++++-
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index 7ccd742..c2ab645 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 [verse]
 'git clone' [--template=<template_directory>]
 	  [-l] [-s] [--no-hardlinks] [-q] [-n] [--bare] [--mirror]
-	  [-o <name>] [-b <name>] [-u <upload-pack>] [--reference <repository>]
+	  [-o <name>] [-b <name>] [-t <name>] [-u <upload-pack>] [--reference <repository>]
 	  [--depth <depth>] [--recursive] [--] <repository> [<directory>]
 
 DESCRIPTION
@@ -135,6 +135,12 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository.
 	instead. In a non-bare repository, this is the branch that will
 	be checked out.
 
+--track <name>::
+-t <name>::
+	Instead of cloning the complete remote repository, only the given
+	remote branch `<name>` will be tracked and checked out.
+	This implies --branch `<name>`.
+
 --upload-pack <upload-pack>::
 -u <upload-pack>::
 	When given, and the repository to clone from is accessed
-- 
1.6.6.rc0.268.g1c272
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  3. 2/2 Documentation: Add --track option to the git clone manpageDavid Soria Parra, Dec 1, 2009
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