On Mon, 2010-10-04 at 11:51 +0200, Uwe Kleine-König wrote: > Some people in #linux-rt claimed that you cannot define "--mirror" with > "mirror" only. > Acked-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> -- Steve > Cc: Darren 'Some People' Hart <darren@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Michael J Gruber <git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > Documentation/git-clone.txt | 7 ++++++- > 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt > index dc7d3d1..524a080 100644 > --- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt > +++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt > @@ -128,7 +128,12 @@ 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 source repository. This implies `--bare`. > + Compared to `--bare`, `--mirror` does not only map local branches of > + the source to local branches of the target but all refs (including > + remote branches, notes etc.) and sets up a refspec configuration such > + that all these refs are overwritten by a `git remote update` in the > + target repository. > > --origin <name>:: > -o <name>:: -- 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