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diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt index 6e43eb9c20..5347cc5255 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt @@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ symbolic link, the clone will fail. This is a security measure to prevent the unintentional copying of files by dereferencing the symbolic links. + +This option does not work with repositories owned by other users for security +reasons, and `--no-local` must be specified for the clone to succeed. ++ *NOTE*: this operation can race with concurrent modification to the source repository, similar to running `cp -r src dst` while modifying `src`. @@ -381,6 +384,12 @@ $ cd my-linux $ git clone --bare -l /home/proj/.git /pub/scm/proj.git ------------ +* Clone a local repository from a different user: ++ +------------ +$ git clone --no-local /home/otheruser/proj.git /pub/scm/proj.git +------------ + CONFIGURATION ------------- |