clone: perform a "local clone" when given a local path

When git is given such a path, it will perform a "local clone",
bypassing the git-aware protocol and simply copying over all objects
that exist in the source.

Copy this behaviour when given a local path.

1 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/git2/clone.h b/include/git2/clone.h
index 985c04bf6..ceb1a53bb 100644
--- a/include/git2/clone.h
+++ b/include/git2/clone.h
@@ -123,6 +123,31 @@ GIT_EXTERN(int) git_clone_into(
 	const char *branch,
 	const git_signature *signature);
 
+/**
+ * Perform a local clone into a repository
+ *
+ * A "local clone" bypasses any git-aware protocols and simply copies
+ * over the object database from the source repository. It is often
+ * faster than a git-aware clone, but no verification of the data is
+ * performed, and can copy over too much data.
+ *
+ * @param repo the repository to use
+ * @param remote the remote repository to clone from
+ * @param co_opts options to use during checkout
+ * @param branch the branch to checkout after the clone, pass NULL for the
+ *        remote's default branch
+ * @param signature the identity used when updating the reflog
+ * @return 0 on success, any non-zero return value from a callback
+ *         function, or a negative value to indicate an error (use
+ *         `giterr_last` for a detailed error message)
+ */
+GIT_EXTERN(int) git_clone_local_into(
+	git_repository *repo,
+	git_remote *remote,
+	const git_checkout_options *co_opts,
+	const char *branch,
+	const git_signature *signature);
+
 /** @} */
 GIT_END_DECL
 #endif