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Junio C Hamano 31ec6abf88 clone-pack: make it usable for partial branch cloning.
clone-pack had some logic to accept subset of remote refs from
the command line and clone from there.  However, it was never
used in practice and its problems were not found out so far.

This commit changes the command to output the object names of
refs to the standard output instead of making a clone of the
remote repository when explicit <head> parameters are given; the
output format is the same as fetch-pack.

The traditional behaviour of cloning the whole repository by
giving no explicit <head> parameters stays the same.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2005-12-14 21:25:22 -08:00

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git-clone-pack(1)
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NAME
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git-clone-pack - Clones a repository by receiving packed objects.
SYNOPSIS
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'git-clone-pack' [--exec=<git-upload-pack>] [<host>:]<directory> [<head>...]
DESCRIPTION
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Clones a repository into the current repository by invoking
'git-upload-pack', possibly on the remote host via ssh, in
the named repository, and stores the sent pack in the local
repository.
OPTIONS
-------
--exec=<git-upload-pack>::
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
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
shells by having a lean .bashrc file (they set most of
the things up in .bash_profile).
<host>::
A remote host that houses the repository. When this
part is specified, 'git-upload-pack' is invoked via
ssh.
<directory>::
The repository to sync from.
<head>...::
The heads to update. This is relative to $GIT_DIR
(e.g. "HEAD", "refs/heads/master"). When unspecified,
all heads are updated to match the remote repository.
+
Usually all the refs from existing repository are stored
under the same name in the new repository. Giving explicit
<head> arguments instead writes the object names and refs to
the standard output, just like get-fetch-pack does.
Author
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Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Documentation
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Documentation by Junio C Hamano.
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