From: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Tell the user how to make a full backup of the repository right at the
start of the doc.
This is a requested use-case.[1] But the doc is a bit unassuming
about it:
“ If you want to match `git clone --mirror`, which would include your
refs such as `refs/remotes/*`, use `--all`.
The user cannot be expected to formulate “I want a full backup” as “I
want to match `git clone --mirror`” for a bundle file or something.
🔗 1: https://stackoverflow.com/a/5578292/1725151
Signed-off-by: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/git-bundle.txt | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-bundle.txt b/Documentation/git-bundle.txt
index 7579dd309ac..bf0d448a736 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-bundle.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-bundle.txt
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ They can be used to create both incremental and full backups of a
repository, and to relay the state of the references in one repository
to another.
+You can use `git bundle create <file> --all` to create a full backup of
+your repository.
+
Git commands that fetch or otherwise "read" via protocols such as
`ssh://` and `https://` can also operate on bundle files. It is
possible linkgit:git-clone[1] a new repository from a bundle, to use
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