X-Git-Url: https://git.verplant.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fgit-clone-pack.txt;h=cfc7b62f31b6470b9d9011b49d73d135a0623dd9;hb=302ebfe52192fff9a2c1c612dff22325fd073acc;hp=1fb52807726acfa4c914c50a813f3be344e29c43;hpb=98438bd0e893c23186fb82ea8b04964c0f1ef9d1;p=git.git diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-clone-pack.txt index 1fb52807..cfc7b62f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clone-pack.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clone-pack.txt @@ -8,27 +8,23 @@ git-clone-pack - Clones a repository by receiving packed objects. SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-clone-pack' [-q] [--exec=] [:] [...] +'git-clone-pack' [--exec=] [:] [...] DESCRIPTION ----------- Clones a repository into the current repository by invoking 'git-upload-pack', possibly on the remote host via ssh, in -the named repository, and invoking 'git-unpack-objects' locally -to receive the pack. +the named repository, and stores the sent pack in the local +repository. OPTIONS ------- --q:: - Pass '-q' flag to 'git-unpack-objects'; this makes the - cloning process less verbose. - --exec=:: Use this to specify the path to 'git-upload-pack' on the remote side, if it is not found on your $PATH. Installations of sshd ignore the user's environment setup scripts for login shells (e.g. .bash_profile) and - your privately installed GIT may not be found on the system + your privately installed git may not be found on the system default $PATH. Another workaround suggested is to set up your $PATH in ".bashrc", but this flag is for people who do not want to pay the overhead for non-interactive