if serving/searching the mirror is required. As-is,
public-inbox-clone is suitable for creating a git-only backup.
+public-inbox-clone creates a Makefile with handy targets to update the
+inbox once indexed. This Makefile may be edited by the user; it will
+not be rewritten by L<public-inbox-fetch(1)> unless it is removed
+completely.
+
public-inbox-clone does not use nor require any extra
configuration files (not even C<~/.public-inbox/config>).
=over
+=item --epoch=RANGE
+
+Restrict clones of L<public-inbox-v2-format(5)> inboxes to the
+given range of epochs. The range may be a single non-negative
+integer or a (possibly open-ended) C<LOW..HIGH> range of
+non-negative integers. C<~> may be prefixed to either (or both)
+integer values to represent the offset from the maximum possible
+value.
+
+For example, C<--epoch=~0> alone clones only the latest epoch,
+C<--epoch=~2..> clones the three latest epochs.
+
+Default: C<0..~0> or C<0..> or C<..~0>
+(all epochs, all three examples are equivalent)
+
=item -q
=item --quiet
=item --no-torsocks
-Whether to wrap L<git(1)> and L<curl(1)> commands with torsocks.
+Whether to wrap L<git(1)> and L<curl(1)> commands with L<torsocks(1)>.
Default: C<auto>