Re: [PATCH v3 1/8] clone: teach --detach option

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Hi Glen,

Le 2022-10-28 à 16:14, Glen Choo via GitGitGadget a écrit :
> From: Glen Choo <chooglen@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Teach "git clone" the "--detach" option, which leaves the cloned repo in
> detached HEAD (like "git checkout --detach"). In addition, if the clone
> is not bare, do not create the local branch pointed to by the remote's
> HEAD symref (bare clones always copy all remote branches directly to
> local branches, so the branch is still created in the bare case).
> 
> This is especially useful in the "submodule.propagateBranches" workflow,
> where local submodule branches are named after the superproject's
> branches, so it makes no sense to create a local branch named after the
> submodule's remote's branch.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Glen Choo <chooglen@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  Documentation/git-clone.txt |  8 +++++++-
>  builtin/clone.c             | 12 +++++++++---
>  t/t5601-clone.sh            | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>  3 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
> index d6434d262d6..6a4e5d31b46 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
> @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
>  	  [--depth <depth>] [--[no-]single-branch] [--no-tags]
>  	  [--recurse-submodules[=<pathspec>]] [--[no-]shallow-submodules]
>  	  [--[no-]remote-submodules] [--jobs <n>] [--sparse] [--[no-]reject-shallow]
> -	  [--filter=<filter> [--also-filter-submodules]] [--] <repository>
> +	  [--filter=<filter> [--also-filter-submodules] [--detach]] [--] <repository>
>  	  [<directory>]
>  
>  DESCRIPTION
> @@ -210,6 +210,12 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository.
>  	`--branch` can also take tags and detaches the HEAD at that commit
>  	in the resulting repository.
>  
> +--detach::
> +	If the cloned repository's HEAD points to a branch, point the newly
> +	created HEAD to the branch's commit instead of the branch itself.
> +	Additionally, in a non-bare repository, the corresponding local branch
> +	will not be created.
> +


"point the newly created HEAD to the branch's tip commit"
would be slightly clearer, I think.



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