From: Quentin Nerden <quentin.ner...@intel.com>
To make the doc of git-clone easier to read,
refer to the long form of the options
(it is easier to guess what '--verbose' is doing than '-v').
Signed-off-by: Quentin Nerden <quentin.ner...@gmail.com>
---
Documentation/git-clone.txt | 16 ++++++++--------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index 5fc97f14de..cb3cf7a0fb 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ DESCRIPTION
Clones a repository into a newly created directory, creates
remote-tracking branches for each branch in the cloned repository
-(visible using `git branch -r`), and creates and checks out an
+(visible using `git branch --remotes`), and creates and checks out an
initial branch that is forked from the cloned repository's
currently active branch.
@@ -81,13 +81,13 @@ which automatically call `git gc --auto`. (See
linkgit:git-gc[1].)
If these objects are removed and were referenced by the cloned repository,
then the cloned repository will become corrupt.
+
-Note that running `git repack` without the `-l` option in a repository
-cloned with `-s` will copy objects from the source repository into a pack
-in the cloned repository, removing the disk space savings of `clone -s`.
-It is safe, however, to run `git gc`, which uses the `-l` option by
+Note that running `git repack` without the `--local` option in a repository
+cloned with `--shared` will copy objects from the source repository into a pack
+in the cloned repository, removing the disk space savings of `clone --shared`.
+It is safe, however, to run `git gc`, which uses the `--local` option by
default.
+
-If you want to break the dependency of a repository cloned with `-s` on
+If you want to break the dependency of a repository cloned with `--shared` on
its source repository, you can simply run `git repack -a` to copy all
objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository.
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the
cloned repository.
--progress::
Progress status is reported on the standard error stream
- by default when it is attached to a terminal, unless -q
+ by default when it is attached to a terminal, unless `--quiet`
is specified. This flag forces progress status even if the
standard error stream is not directed to a terminal.
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the
cloned repository.
Make a 'bare' Git repository. That is, instead of
creating `<directory>` and placing the administrative
files in `<directory>/.git`, make the `<directory>`
- itself the `$GIT_DIR`. This obviously implies the `-n`
+ itself the `$GIT_DIR`. This obviously implies the `--no-checkout`
because there is nowhere to check out the working tree.
Also the branch heads at the remote are copied directly
to corresponding local branch heads, without mapping
--
gitgitgadget
