Some people in #linux-rt claimed that you cannot define "--mirror" with "mirror". Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-KÃnig <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- 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 `<name>` 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 <name>:: -o <name>:: -- 1.7.2.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html