Revert "git-push: avoid falling back on pushing "matching" refs."

[git.git] / Documentation / git-clone.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index f943f26..8488202 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ git-clone - Clones a repository.
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-clone' [-l [-s]] [-q] [-n] [-o <name>] [-u <upload-pack>] <repository> [<directory>]
+[verse]
+'git-clone' [-l [-s]] [-q] [-n] [--naked] [-o <name>] [-u <upload-pack>]
+         <repository> [<directory>]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -56,6 +58,12 @@ OPTIONS
 -n::
        No checkout of HEAD is performed after the clone is complete.
 
+--naked::
+       Make a 'naked' GIT repository.  That is, instead of
+       creating `<directory>` and placing the administrative
+       files in `<directory>/.git`, make the `<directory>`
+       itself the `$GIT_DIR`. This implies `-n` option.
+
 -o <name>::
        Instead of using the branch name 'origin' to keep track
        of the upstream repository, use <name> instead.  Note
@@ -101,6 +109,22 @@ $ cd copy
 $ git show-branch
 ------------
 
+
+Create a naked repository to publish your changes to the public::
++
+------------
+$ git clone --naked -l /home/proj/.git /pub/scm/proj.git
+------------
+
+
+Create a repository on the kernel.org machine that borrows from Linus::
++
+------------
+$ git clone --naked -l -s /pub/scm/.../torvalds/linux-2.6.git \
+    /pub/scm/.../me/subsys-2.6.git
+------------
+
+
 Author
 ------
 Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>