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doc: finalize git-clone documentation conversion to synopsis style

Use backticks where appropriate for command-line options Reviewed-by: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jean-Noël Avila <jn.avila@free.fr> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Jean-Noël Avila committed Feb 6, 2026 at 04:12 UTC 4f29c685348d767b335c00fe84d01ea6e7d20d38
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Documentation/git-clone.adoc
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index 57cdfb7620..7a0e147384 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clone.adoc +++ b/Documentation/git-clone.adoc @@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository. unknown ones, is server-specific. When multiple `--server-option=<option>` are given, they are all sent to the other side in the order listed on the command line. - When no ++--server-option=++__<option>__ is given from the command + When no `--server-option=<option>` is given from the command line, the values of configuration variable `remote.<name>.serverOption` are used instead. @@ -206,14 +206,14 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository. that all these refs are overwritten by a `git remote update` in the target repository. -`-o` _<name>_:: -`--origin` _<name>_:: +`-o <name>`:: +`--origin <name>`:: Instead of using the remote name `origin` to keep track of the upstream repository, use _<name>_. Overrides `clone.defaultRemoteName` from the config. -`-b` _<name>_:: -`--branch` _<name>_:: +`-b <name>`:: +`--branch <name>`:: Instead of pointing the newly created `HEAD` to the branch pointed to by the cloned repository's `HEAD`, point to _<name>_ branch instead. In a non-bare repository, this is the branch that will @@ -230,8 +230,8 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository. name. This option is incompatible with `--branch` and `--mirror`. -`-u` _<upload-pack>_:: -`--upload-pack` _<upload-pack>_:: +`-u <upload-pack>`:: +`--upload-pack <upload-pack>`:: When given, and the repository to clone from is accessed via ssh, this specifies a non-default path for the command run on the other end. @@ -240,8 +240,8 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository. Specify the directory from which templates will be used; (See the "TEMPLATE DIRECTORY" section of linkgit:git-init[1].) -`-c` `<key>=<value>`:: -`--config` `<key>=<value>`:: +`-c <key>=<value>`:: +`--config <key>=<value>`:: Set a configuration variable in the newly-created repository; this takes effect immediately after the repository is initialized, but before the remote history is fetched or any @@ -339,8 +339,8 @@ Specify the given ref storage format for the repository. The valid values are: + include::ref-storage-format.adoc[] -`-j` _<n>_:: -`--jobs` _<n>_:: +`-j <n>`:: +`--jobs <n>`:: The number of submodules fetched at the same time. Defaults to the `submodule.fetchJobs` option.