From: Steven Rostedt Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2010 21:16:06 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation/git-clone: describe --mirror more verbose Message-ID: <1285967766.6750.2.camel@gandalf.stny.rr.com> In-Reply-To: On Fri, 2010-10-01 at 13:18 -0700, Darren Hart wrote: > 2010/10/1 Uwe Kleine-König : > > Some people in #linux-rt claimed that you cannot define "--mirror" with > > "mirror". > > > > Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König > > Acked-by: Darren 'Some People' Hart Acked-by: Steven Rostedt -- Steve > > > --- > > Documentation/git-clone.txt | 11 ++++++++++- > > 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt > > index dc7d3d1..5eedfbd 100644 > > --- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt > > +++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt > > @@ -128,7 +128,16 @@ 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 remote repository. > > + Using > > + > > + git remote update origin > > + > > + (or `` instead of `origin` if -o is given) in the resulting > > + repository overwrites the local branches without asking. > > + This implies `--bare`. > > + Without --mirror (but with --bare) git remote update doesn't touch any > > + branches at all. > > > > --origin :: > > -o :: > > -- > > 1.7.2.3 > > > > > > >