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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/git/repo.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/git/repo.py | 20 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/lib/git/repo.py b/lib/git/repo.py index ac8ee590..74525403 100644 --- a/lib/git/repo.py +++ b/lib/git/repo.py @@ -723,16 +723,17 @@ class Repo(object): return Repo(path) def clone(self, path, **kwargs): - """ - Create a clone from this repository. - - ``path`` + """Create a clone from this repository. + :param path: is the full path of the new repo (traditionally ends with ./<name>.git). - ``kwargs`` - keyword arguments to be given to the git-clone command - - Returns + :param kwargs: + odbt = ObjectDatabase Type, allowing to determine the object database + implementation used by the returned Repo instance + + All remaining keyword arguments are given to the git-clone command + + :return: ``git.Repo`` (the newly cloned repo) """ # special handling for windows for path at which the clone should be @@ -741,6 +742,7 @@ class Repo(object): # we at least give a proper error instead of letting git fail prev_cwd = None prev_path = None + odbt = kwargs.pop('odbt', GitCmdObjectDB) if os.name == 'nt': if '~' in path: raise OSError("Git cannot handle the ~ character in path %r correctly" % path) @@ -767,7 +769,7 @@ class Repo(object): path = prev_path # END reset previous working dir # END bad windows handling - return Repo(path) + return Repo(path, odbt = odbt) def archive(self, ostream, treeish=None, prefix=None, **kwargs): |