From: Stephen P. Smith Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2015 18:54:35 GMT Subject: [PATCH V4 1/2] glossary: define the term shallow clone Message-ID: <1451415275-3900-1-git-send-email-ischis2@cox.net> In-Reply-To: There are several places in the documentation that the term shallow clone is used. Defining the term enables its use elsewhere with a known definition. Signed-off-by: Stephen P. Smith --- Notes: The review comments for the user guide update[1] suggested a change in the definition of a shallow clone to: - note differences between a shallow clone and a shallow repository and - define it as a noun (which is the way the user guide update patch uses the term) [1] http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/283052 Documentation/glossary-content.txt | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt index e225974..cafc284 100644 --- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt +++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt @@ -531,6 +531,11 @@ The most notable example is `HEAD`. "Secure Hash Algorithm 1"; a cryptographic hash function. In the context of Git used as a synonym for <>. +[[def_shallow_clone]]shallow clone:: + Mostly a synonym to <> + but the phrase makes it more explicit that it was created by + running `git clone --depth=...` command. + [[def_shallow_repository]]shallow repository:: A shallow <> has an incomplete history some of whose <> have <> cauterized away (in other -- 2.7.0-rc2