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@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
[-l] [-s] [--no-hardlinks] [-q] [-n] [--bare] [--mirror]
[-o <name>] [-b <name>] [-u <upload-pack>] [--reference <repository>]
[--dissociate] [--separate-git-dir <git dir>]
- [--depth <depth>] [--[no-]single-branch]
+ [--depth <depth>] [--[no-]single-branch] [--no-tags]
[--recurse-submodules] [--[no-]shallow-submodules]
[--jobs <n>] [--] <repository> [<directory>]
@@ -215,6 +215,18 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository.
branch when `--single-branch` clone was made, no remote-tracking
branch is created.
+--no-tags::
+ Don't clone any tags, and set
+ `remote.<remote>.tagOpt=--no-tags` in the config, ensuring
+ that future `git pull` and `git fetch` operations won't follow
+ any tags. Subsequent explicit tag fetches will still work,
+ (see linkgit:git-fetch[1]).
++
+Can be used in conjunction with `--single-branch` to clone and
+maintain a branch with no references other than a single cloned
+branch. This is useful e.g. to maintain minimal clones of the default
+branch of some repository for search indexing.
+
--recurse-submodules[=<pathspec]::
After the clone is created, initialize and clone submodules
within based on the provided pathspec. If no pathspec is