--- a/mercurial/commands.py Thu May 22 13:29:47 2008 +0200
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py Fri May 23 14:02:48 2008 +0200
@@ -532,6 +532,9 @@
subsequent revisions will be present in the cloned repository.
This option implies --pull, even on local repositories.
+ If the -U option is used, the new clone will contain only a repository
+ (.hg) and no working copy (the working copy parent is the null revision).
+
See pull for valid source format details.
It is possible to specify an ssh:// URL as the destination, but no
@@ -2990,7 +2993,8 @@
_('hg cat [OPTION]... FILE...')),
"^clone":
(clone,
- [('U', 'noupdate', None, _('do not update the new working directory')),
+ [('U', 'noupdate', None,
+ _('the clone will only contain a repository (no working copy)')),
('r', 'rev', [],
_('a changeset you would like to have after cloning')),
('', 'pull', None, _('use pull protocol to copy metadata')),