From 189260b190be845f0e24ede93f9ac539627d72fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeff King Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 07:10:16 -0400 Subject: clone: allow --no-local to turn off local optimizations This is basically the same as using "file://", but is a little less subtle for the end user. It also allows relative paths to be specified. Signed-off-by: Jeff King Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/git-clone.txt | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'Documentation/git-clone.txt') diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt index 1d267f4712..c1ddd4c2cc 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt @@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ OPTIONS If the repository is specified as a local path (e.g., `/path/to/repo`), this is the default, and --local is essentially a no-op. If the repository is specified as a URL, then this flag is ignored (and we -never use the local optimizations). +never use the local optimizations). Specifying `--no-local` will +override the default when `/path/to/repo` is given, using the regular +git transport instead. + To force copying instead of hardlinking (which may be desirable if you are trying to make a back-up of your repository), but still avoid the -- cgit v1.2.3