Hi Philip, On 2015-05-21 21:45, Philip Oakley wrote: > From: "Johannes Schindelin" <johannes.schindelin@xxxxxx> >> >> On 2015-05-21 06:16, Jeff King wrote: >> >>> diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt >>> index f1f2a3f..ffeb03b 100644 >>> --- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt >>> +++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt >>> @@ -107,6 +107,9 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in >>> the cloned repository. >>> transfer and stop borrowing from them after a clone is made >>> by making necessary local copies of borrowed objects. >>> >>> +--seed <repository>:: >>> + A convenient shorthand for `--dissociate --reference=<repository>`. >>> + >> >> Since you want to advertise this as an easier way than `--dissociate --reference=<repository>`, it might make sense to avoid sending the reader that way, too. >> >> Maybe something like >> >> --seed <repository>:: >> Fetch objects from <repository> instead of the clone URL when possible. This is useful when a (possibly partial) clone already exists locally, to avoid transferring the same objects again. >> > > Would it be worth mentioning here that a bundle is a satisfactory > alternative to repository? > > +--seed <repository|bundle>:: > + Fetch objects from <repository> or <bundle> instead of the clone > URL when possible. This is useful when a (possibly partial) clone > already exists locally, to avoid transferring the same objects again. > > I haven't checked if the invocation would accept a bundle filename, > but I'm presuming it can in the same way that clone does. The proof would lie in the pudding ;-) Would you mind testing whether it works with bundles? Ciao, Dscho -- 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