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Documentation: update git-clone man page with new behavior

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Update git-clone man page to reflect recent changes
(--use-separate-remote default and use of .git/config instead of
remotes files), and rewrite introduction.

Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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J. Bruce Fields 2006-12-08 01:27:21 -05:00 committed by Junio C Hamano
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@ -16,22 +16,21 @@ SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
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Clones a repository into a newly created directory. All remote
branch heads are copied under `$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/`, except
that the remote `master` is also copied to `origin` branch.
In addition, `$GIT_DIR/remotes/origin` file is set up to have
this line:
Clones a repository into a newly created directory, creates
remote-tracking branches for each branch in the cloned repository
(visible using `git branch -r`), and creates and checks out a master
branch equal to the cloned repository's master branch.
Pull: master:origin
This is to help the typical workflow of working off of the
remote `master` branch. Every time `git pull` without argument
is run, the progress on the remote `master` branch is tracked by
copying it into the local `origin` branch, and merged into the
branch you are currently working on. Remote branches other than
`master` are also added there to be tracked.
After the clone, a plain `git fetch` without arguments will update
all the remote-tracking branches, and a `git pull` without
arguments will in addition merge the remote master branch into the
current branch.
This default configuration is achieved by creating references to
the remote branch heads under `$GIT_DIR/refs/remotes/origin` and
by initializing `remote.origin.url` and `remote.origin.fetch`
configuration variables.
OPTIONS
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