Merge branch 'db/vcs-helper'

[git.git] / Documentation / git-clone.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index 2e0785e1de9baa689c844bde3b8f59d9c15c22fc..f23100e5094a891a0b6205badc0516fedfc74664 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -127,6 +127,13 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository.
        Instead of using the remote name 'origin' to keep track
        of the upstream repository, use <name>.
 
+--branch <name>::
+-b <name>::
+       Instead of pointing the newly created HEAD to the branch pointed
+       to by the cloned repositoroy's HEAD, point to <name> branch
+       instead. In a non-bare repository, this is the branch that will
+       be checked out.
+
 --upload-pack <upload-pack>::
 -u <upload-pack>::
        When given, and the repository to clone from is accessed