SYNOPSIS

git clone [-l] [-u <upload-pack>] [-q] <repository> <directory>

DESCRIPTION

Clones a repository into a newly created directory.

OPTIONS

-l

When the repository to clone from is on a local machine, this flag bypasses normal "git aware" transport mechanism and clones the repository by making a copy of HEAD and everything under objects and refs directories. The files under .git/objects/ directory are hardlinked to save space when possible.

-q

Operate quietly. This flag is passed to "rsync" and "git-clone-pack" commands when given.

-u <upload-pack>

When given, and the repository to clone from is handled by git-clone-pack, --exec=<upload-pack> is passed to the command to specify non-default path for the command run on the other end.

<repository>

The (possibly remote) repository to clone from. It can be an "rsync://host/dir" URL, an "http://host/dir" URL, or [<host>:]/dir notation that is used by git-clone-pack. Currently http transport is not supported.

<directory>

The name of a new directory to be cloned into. It is an error to specify an existing directory.

Author

Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

Documentation

Documentation by Junio C Hamano.

GIT

Part of the git suite