;; properties are omitted, `point-min' and `point-max' will
;; respectively be used instead.
;;
-;; - clone (remote directory)
+;; - clone (remote directory rev)
;;
;; Attempt to clone a REMOTE repository, into a local DIRECTORY.
;; Returns a string with the directory with the contents of the
-;; repository if successful, otherwise nil.
+;; repository if successful, otherwise nil. With a non-nil value
+;; for REV the backend will attempt to check out a specific
+;; revision, if possible without first checking out the default
+;; branch.
;;; Changes from the pre-25.1 API:
;;