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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2011-04-15 13:25:50 -0700
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2011-04-15 13:27:04 -0700
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Merge v1.7.5-rc2 into jn/format-patch-doc
This is to sync with the recent updates in Documentation/SubmittingPatches and Documentation/format-patch.txt
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index 42e7021215..86eb4c9368 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
'git clone' [--template=<template_directory>]
[-l] [-s] [--no-hardlinks] [-q] [-n] [--bare] [--mirror]
[-o <name>] [-b <name>] [-u <upload-pack>] [--reference <repository>]
+ [--separate-git-dir|-L <git dir>]
[--depth <depth>] [--recursive|--recurse-submodules] [--] <repository>
[<directory>]
@@ -176,6 +177,15 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository.
repository does not have a worktree/checkout (i.e. if any of
`--no-checkout`/`-n`, `--bare`, or `--mirror` is given)
+-L=<git dir>::
+--separate-git-dir=<git dir>::
+ Instead of placing the cloned repository where it is supposed
+ to be, place the cloned repository at the specified directory,
+ then make a filesytem-agnostic git symbolic link to there.
+ The result is git repository can be separated from working
+ tree.
+
+
<repository>::
The (possibly remote) repository to clone from. See the
<<URLS,URLS>> section below for more information on specifying
@@ -236,17 +246,6 @@ $ git clone --bare -l -s /pub/scm/.../torvalds/linux-2.6.git \
/pub/scm/.../me/subsys-2.6.git
------------
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
-
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite