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