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 <div id="header">
 <h1>
 git-clone(1) Manual Page
 </h1>
 <h2>NAME</h2>
 <div class="sectionbody">
 <p>git-clone -
  Clones a repository
 </p>
 </div>
 </div>
 <h2>SYNOPSIS</h2>
 <div class="sectionbody">
 <div class="verseblock">
 <div class="content"><em>git-clone</em> [--template=&lt;template_directory&gt;] [-l [-s]] [-q] [-n] [--bare]
  [-o &lt;name&gt;] [-u &lt;upload-pack&gt;] [--reference &lt;repository&gt;]
  [--use-separate-remote | --no-separate-remote] &lt;repository&gt;
  [&lt;directory&gt;]</div></div>
 </div>
 <h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>
 <div class="sectionbody">
 <p>Clones a repository into a newly created directory, creates
 remote-tracking branches for each branch in the cloned repository
 (visible using <tt>git branch -r</tt>), and creates and checks out a master
 branch equal to the cloned repository's master branch.</p>
 <p>After the clone, a plain <tt>git fetch</tt> without arguments will update
 all the remote-tracking branches, and a <tt>git pull</tt> without
 arguments will in addition merge the remote master branch into the
 current branch.</p>
 <p>This default configuration is achieved by creating references to
 the remote branch heads under <tt>$GIT_DIR/refs/remotes/origin</tt> and
 by initializing <tt>remote.origin.url</tt> and <tt>remote.origin.fetch</tt>
 configuration variables.</p>
 </div>
 <h2>OPTIONS</h2>
 <div class="sectionbody">
 <dl>
 <dt>
 --local
 </dt>
 <dt>
 -l
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
  When the repository to clone from is on a local machine,
  this flag bypasses normal "git aware" transport
  mechanism and clones the repository by making a copy of
  HEAD and everything under objects and refs directories.
  The files under .git/objects/ directory are hardlinked
  to save space when possible.
 </p>
 </dd>
 <dt>
 --shared
 </dt>
 <dt>
 -s
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
  When the repository to clone is on the local machine,
  instead of using hard links, automatically setup
  .git/objects/info/alternates to share the objects
  with the source repository. The resulting repository
  starts out without any object of its own.
 </p>
 </dd>
 <dt>
 --reference &lt;repository&gt;
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
  If the reference repository is on the local machine
  automatically setup .git/objects/info/alternates to
  obtain objects from the reference repository. Using
  an already existing repository as an alternate will
  require less objects to be copied from the repository
  being cloned, reducing network and local storage costs.
 </p>
 </dd>
 <dt>
 --quiet
 </dt>
 <dt>
 -q
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
  Operate quietly. This flag is passed to "rsync" and
  "git-fetch-pack" commands when given.
 </p>
 </dd>
 <dt>
 -n
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
  No checkout of HEAD is performed after the clone is complete.
 </p>
 </dd>
 <dt>
 --bare
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
  Make a <em>bare</em> GIT repository. That is, instead of
  creating <tt>&lt;directory&gt;</tt> and placing the administrative
  files in <tt>&lt;directory&gt;/.git</tt>, make the <tt>&lt;directory&gt;</tt>
  itself the <tt>$GIT_DIR</tt>. This obviously implies the <tt>-n</tt>
  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
  them to <tt>refs/remotes/origin/</tt>. When this option is
  used, neither the <tt>origin</tt> branch nor the default
  <tt>remotes/origin</tt> file is created.
 </p>
 </dd>
 <dt>
 --origin &lt;name&gt;
 </dt>
 <dt>
 -o &lt;name&gt;
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
  Instead of using the branch name <em>origin</em> to keep track
  of the upstream repository, use &lt;name&gt; instead. Note
  that the shorthand name stored in <tt>remotes/origin</tt> is
  not affected, but the local branch name to pull the
  remote <tt>master</tt> branch into is.
 </p>
 </dd>
 <dt>
 --upload-pack &lt;upload-pack&gt;
 </dt>
 <dt>
 -u &lt;upload-pack&gt;
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
  When given, and the repository to clone from is handled
  by <em>git-fetch-pack</em>, <em>--exec=&lt;upload-pack&gt;</em> is passed to
  the command to specify non-default path for the command
  run on the other end.
 </p>
 </dd>
 <dt>
 --template=&lt;template_directory&gt;
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
  Specify the directory from which templates will be used;
  if unset the templates are taken from the installation
  defined default, typically <tt>/usr/share/git-core/templates</tt>.
 </p>
 </dd>
 <dt>
 --use-separate-remote
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
  Save remotes heads under <tt>$GIT_DIR/remotes/origin/</tt> instead
  of <tt>$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/</tt>. Only the local master branch is
  saved in the latter. This is the default.
 </p>
 </dd>
 <dt>
 --no-separate-remote
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
  Save remotes heads in the same namespace as the local
  heads, `$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/'. In regular repositories,
  this is a legacy setup git-clone created by default in
  older Git versions, and will be removed before the next
  major release.
 </p>
 </dd>
 <dt>
 &lt;repository&gt;
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
  The (possibly remote) repository to clone from. It can
  be any URL git-fetch supports.
 </p>
 </dd>
 <dt>
 &lt;directory&gt;
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
  The name of a new directory to clone into. The "humanish"
  part of the source repository is used if no directory is
  explicitly given ("repo" for "/path/to/repo.git" and "foo"
  for "host.xz:foo/.git"). Cloning into an existing directory
  is not allowed.
 </p>
 </dd>
 </dl>
 </div>
 <h2>Examples</h2>
 <div class="sectionbody">
 <dl>
 <dt>
 Clone from upstream
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <div class="listingblock">
 <div class="content">
 <pre><tt>$ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/.../linux-2.6 my2.6
 $ cd my2.6
 $ make</tt></pre>
 </div></div>
 </dd>
 <dt>
 Make a local clone that borrows from the current directory, without checking things out
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <div class="listingblock">
 <div class="content">
 <pre><tt>$ git clone -l -s -n . ../copy
 $ cd copy
 $ git show-branch</tt></pre>
 </div></div>
 </dd>
 <dt>
 Clone from upstream while borrowing from an existing local directory
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <div class="listingblock">
 <div class="content">
 <pre><tt>$ git clone --reference my2.6 \
  git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/.../linux-2.7 \
  my2.7
 $ cd my2.7</tt></pre>
 </div></div>
 </dd>
 <dt>
 Create a bare repository to publish your changes to the public
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <div class="listingblock">
 <div class="content">
 <pre><tt>$ git clone --bare -l /home/proj/.git /pub/scm/proj.git</tt></pre>
 </div></div>
 </dd>
 <dt>
 Create a repository on the kernel.org machine that borrows from Linus
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <div class="listingblock">
 <div class="content">
 <pre><tt>$ git clone --bare -l -s /pub/scm/.../torvalds/linux-2.6.git \
  /pub/scm/.../me/subsys-2.6.git</tt></pre>
 </div></div>
 </dd>
 </dl>
 </div>
 <h2>Author</h2>
 <div class="sectionbody">
 <p>Written by Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@osdl.org&gt;</p>
 </div>
 <h2>Documentation</h2>
 <div class="sectionbody">
 <p>Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list &lt;git@vger.kernel.org&gt;.</p>
 </div>
 <h2>GIT</h2>
 <div class="sectionbody">
 <p>Part of the <a href="git.html">git(7)</a> suite</p>
 </div>
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	<h1>
	git-clone(1) Manual Page
	</h1>
	<h2>NAME</h2>
	<div class="sectionbody">
	<p>git-clone -
	Clones a repository
	</p>
	</div>
	</div>
	<h2>SYNOPSIS</h2>
	<div class="sectionbody">
	<div class="verseblock">
	<div class="content"><em>git-clone</em> [--template=<template_directory>] [-l [-s]] [-q] [-n] [--bare]
	[-o <name>] [-u <upload-pack>] [--reference <repository>]
	[--use-separate-remote \| --no-separate-remote] <repository>
	[<directory>]</div></div>
	</div>
	<h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>
	<div class="sectionbody">
	<p>Clones a repository into a newly created directory, creates
	remote-tracking branches for each branch in the cloned repository
	(visible using <tt>git branch -r</tt>), and creates and checks out a master
	branch equal to the cloned repository's master branch.</p>
	<p>After the clone, a plain <tt>git fetch</tt> without arguments will update
	all the remote-tracking branches, and a <tt>git pull</tt> without
	arguments will in addition merge the remote master branch into the
	current branch.</p>
	<p>This default configuration is achieved by creating references to
	the remote branch heads under <tt>$GIT_DIR/refs/remotes/origin</tt> and
	by initializing <tt>remote.origin.url</tt> and <tt>remote.origin.fetch</tt>
	configuration variables.</p>
	</div>
	<h2>OPTIONS</h2>
	<div class="sectionbody">
	<dl>
	<dt>
	--local
	</dt>
	<dt>
	-l
	</dt>
	<dd>
	<p>
	When the repository to clone from is on a local machine,
	this flag bypasses normal "git aware" transport
	mechanism and clones the repository by making a copy of
	HEAD and everything under objects and refs directories.
	The files under .git/objects/ directory are hardlinked
	to save space when possible.
	</p>
	</dd>
	<dt>
	--shared
	</dt>
	<dt>
	-s
	</dt>
	<dd>
	<p>
	When the repository to clone is on the local machine,
	instead of using hard links, automatically setup
	.git/objects/info/alternates to share the objects
	with the source repository. The resulting repository
	starts out without any object of its own.
	</p>
	</dd>
	<dt>
	--reference <repository>
	</dt>
	<dd>
	<p>
	If the reference repository is on the local machine
	automatically setup .git/objects/info/alternates to
	obtain objects from the reference repository. Using
	an already existing repository as an alternate will
	require less objects to be copied from the repository
	being cloned, reducing network and local storage costs.
	</p>
	</dd>
	<dt>
	--quiet
	</dt>
	<dt>
	-q
	</dt>
	<dd>
	<p>
	Operate quietly. This flag is passed to "rsync" and
	"git-fetch-pack" commands when given.
	</p>
	</dd>
	<dt>
	-n
	</dt>
	<dd>
	<p>
	No checkout of HEAD is performed after the clone is complete.
	</p>
	</dd>
	<dt>
	--bare
	</dt>
	<dd>
	<p>
	Make a <em>bare</em> GIT repository. That is, instead of
	creating <tt><directory></tt> and placing the administrative
	files in <tt><directory>/.git</tt>, make the <tt><directory></tt>
	itself the <tt>$GIT_DIR</tt>. This obviously implies the <tt>-n</tt>
	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
	them to <tt>refs/remotes/origin/</tt>. When this option is
	used, neither the <tt>origin</tt> branch nor the default
	<tt>remotes/origin</tt> file is created.
	</p>
	</dd>
	<dt>
	--origin <name>
	</dt>
	<dt>
	-o <name>
	</dt>
	<dd>
	<p>
	Instead of using the branch name <em>origin</em> to keep track
	of the upstream repository, use <name> instead. Note
	that the shorthand name stored in <tt>remotes/origin</tt> is
	not affected, but the local branch name to pull the
	remote <tt>master</tt> branch into is.
	</p>
	</dd>
	<dt>
	--upload-pack <upload-pack>
	</dt>
	<dt>
	-u <upload-pack>
	</dt>
	<dd>
	<p>
	When given, and the repository to clone from is handled
	by <em>git-fetch-pack</em>, <em>--exec=<upload-pack></em> is passed to
	the command to specify non-default path for the command
	run on the other end.
	</p>
	</dd>
	<dt>
	--template=<template_directory>
	</dt>
	<dd>
	<p>
	Specify the directory from which templates will be used;
	if unset the templates are taken from the installation
	defined default, typically <tt>/usr/share/git-core/templates</tt>.
	</p>
	</dd>
	<dt>
	--use-separate-remote
	</dt>
	<dd>
	<p>
	Save remotes heads under <tt>$GIT_DIR/remotes/origin/</tt> instead
	of <tt>$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/</tt>. Only the local master branch is
	saved in the latter. This is the default.
	</p>
	</dd>
	<dt>
	--no-separate-remote
	</dt>
	<dd>
	<p>
	Save remotes heads in the same namespace as the local
	heads, `$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/'. In regular repositories,
	this is a legacy setup git-clone created by default in
	older Git versions, and will be removed before the next
	major release.
	</p>
	</dd>
	<dt>
	<repository>
	</dt>
	<dd>
	<p>
	The (possibly remote) repository to clone from. It can
	be any URL git-fetch supports.
	</p>
	</dd>
	<dt>
	<directory>
	</dt>
	<dd>
	<p>
	The name of a new directory to clone into. The "humanish"
	part of the source repository is used if no directory is
	explicitly given ("repo" for "/path/to/repo.git" and "foo"
	for "host.xz:foo/.git"). Cloning into an existing directory
	is not allowed.
	</p>
	</dd>
	</dl>
	</div>
	<h2>Examples</h2>
	<div class="sectionbody">
	<dl>
	<dt>
	Clone from upstream
	</dt>
	<dd>
	<div class="listingblock">
	<div class="content">
	<pre><tt>$ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/.../linux-2.6 my2.6
	$ cd my2.6
	$ make</tt></pre>
	</div></div>
	</dd>
	<dt>
	Make a local clone that borrows from the current directory, without checking things out
	</dt>
	<dd>
	<div class="listingblock">
	<div class="content">
	<pre><tt>$ git clone -l -s -n . ../copy
	$ cd copy
	$ git show-branch</tt></pre>
	</div></div>
	</dd>
	<dt>
	Clone from upstream while borrowing from an existing local directory
	</dt>
	<dd>
	<div class="listingblock">
	<div class="content">
	<pre><tt>$ git clone --reference my2.6 \
	git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/.../linux-2.7 \
	my2.7
	$ cd my2.7</tt></pre>
	</div></div>
	</dd>
	<dt>
	Create a bare repository to publish your changes to the public
	</dt>
	<dd>
	<div class="listingblock">
	<div class="content">
	<pre><tt>$ git clone --bare -l /home/proj/.git /pub/scm/proj.git</tt></pre>
	</div></div>
	</dd>
	<dt>
	Create a repository on the kernel.org machine that borrows from Linus
	</dt>
	<dd>
	<div class="listingblock">
	<div class="content">
	<pre><tt>$ git clone --bare -l -s /pub/scm/.../torvalds/linux-2.6.git \
	/pub/scm/.../me/subsys-2.6.git</tt></pre>
	</div></div>
	</dd>
	</dl>
	</div>
	<h2>Author</h2>
	<div class="sectionbody">
	<p>Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org></p>
	</div>
	<h2>Documentation</h2>
	<div class="sectionbody">
	<p>Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.</p>
	</div>
	<h2>GIT</h2>
	<div class="sectionbody">
	<p>Part of the <a href="git.html">git(7)</a> suite</p>
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