{"thread":{"id":"31552","subject":"[PATCH 2/8] Doc: shallow clone deepens _to_ new depth","startedAt":"2012-09-16T10:57:57Z","lastAt":"2012-09-16T10:57:57Z","messageCount":1,"participants":["Philip Oakley"],"isPatch":true,"patchVersion":1,"patchTotal":8},"messages":[{"id":"199153","messageId":"1347793083-4136-3-git-send-email-philipoakley@iee.org","threadId":"31552","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"[PATCH 2/8] Doc: shallow clone deepens _to_ new depth","fromName":"Philip Oakley","fromEmail":"philipoakley@iee.org","sentAt":"2012-09-16T10:57:57Z","receivedAt":"2012-09-16T10:57:57Z","isPatch":true,"sender":{"key":"philipoakley@iee.email","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/914343?v=4"},"body":"Clarify that 'depth=' specifies the new depth from the remote's\nbranch tip. It does not add the depth to the existing shallow clone.\n(details from pack-protocol.txt).\nClarify that tags are not fetched. (details from shallow.txt)\n\nSigned-off-by: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org>\n\ndiff --git a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt\nindex 39d326a..b4d6476 100644\n--- a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt\n+++ b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt\n@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@\n --depth=<depth>::\n \tDeepen the history of a 'shallow' repository created by\n \t`git clone` with `--depth=<depth>` option (see linkgit:git-clone[1])\n-\tby the specified number of commits.\n+\tto the specified number of commits from the tip of each remote\n+\tbranch history. Tags for the deepened commits are not fetched.\n \n ifndef::git-pull[]\n --dry-run::\n-- \n1.7.8.msysgit.0\n"}]}