Clarify that a clone is not an exact copy. Signed-off-by: Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg@xxxxxxxxxx> --- 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 7973e6a..c9bc627 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt @@ -31,7 +31,12 @@ This default configuration is achieved by creating references to the remote branch heads under `$GIT_DIR/refs/remotes/origin` and by initializing `remote.origin.url` and `remote.origin.fetch` configuration variables. - ++ +*NOTE*: Although this command is called clone, the clone is not identical +in all respects. Local branches in the repository being cloned +becomes remote tracking branches in the clone and remote tracking +branches are not cloned at all. For security reasone the config sections +and triggers are not cloned either. OPTIONS ------- -- 1.5.5.1.178.g1f811 -- 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
