Re: [PATCH 3/3] {fetch,upload}-pack: allow --depth=0 to deepen into full repo again

> >> Second, it would be nice (though probably not easy with parseopt, as
> >> it would require hacks/extensions) to be able to use --depth=inf
> >> (like wget supports '-l inf') to mean infinite depth...
> > 
> > Hmm.. make --depth a string parameter and fetch-pack should parse the
> > parameter itself, like git-clone. Good idea.
> 
> If there were more options that use <n> == 0 to actually mean unlimited
> (infinity), perhaps it would be better to extend parseopt to provide for
> such situation, e.g. OPT_INT_INF or something.  This way we would avoid
> code duplication.
> 
> ... oh, wait, the newly introduced[1] git-merge `--log-limit' option
> uses --log-limit=0 to mean unlimited.
> 
> [1] http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/153984
>     Message-ID: <20100820081641.GA32127@burratino>
>     Subject: Re: wishlist bugreport: make limit configurable for do_fmt_merge_msg (merge.log)