git-clone-pack - Clones a repository by receiving packed objects.
git-clone-pack [-q] [--exec=<git-upload-pack>] [<host>:]<directory> [<head>…]
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.
Pass -q flag to git-unpack-objects; this makes the cloning process less verbose.
Use this to specify the path to git-upload-pack on the remote side, if is not found on your $PATH. Installations of sshd ignores 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).
A remote host that houses the repository. When this part is specified, git-upload-pack is invoked via ssh.
The repository to sync from.
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.
Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Documentation by Junio C Hamano.
Part of the git suite