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Re: [PATCH] git clone depth of 0 not possible.

From
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date
Jan 8, 2013, 06:28 UTC
Message-ID
<20130108062811.GA3131@elie.Belkin>
In-Reply-To
<1357581996-17505-1-git-send-email-stefanbeller@googlemail.com>
Stefan Beller wrote:
> Currently it is not possible to have a shallow depth of
> just 0, i.e. only one commit in that repository after cloning.
> The minimum number of commits is 2, caused by depth=1.

Sounds buggy. Would anything break if we were to make --depth=1 mean "1 deep, including the tip commit"?

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Message 3 of 29 in “git clone depth of 0 not possible.”
  1. git clone depth of 0 not possible.Stefan Beller, Jan 7, 2013
  2. Documentation on depth option in git clone.Stefan Beller, Jan 7, 2013
  3. Jonathan NiederJan 8, 2013
  4. Junio C HamanoJan 8, 2013
  5. Junio C HamanoJan 8, 2013
  6. Junio C HamanoJan 8, 2013
  7. Duy NguyenJan 8, 2013
  8. Stefan BellerJan 8, 2013
  9. Duy NguyenJan 8, 2013
  10. Junio C HamanoJan 8, 2013
  11. Duy NguyenJan 8, 2013
  12. Junio C HamanoJan 8, 2013
  13. Matthijs KooijmanMay 28, 2013
  14. Jonathan NiederMay 28, 2013
  15. Jonathan NiederMay 28, 2013
  16. Matthijs KooijmanMay 28, 2013
  17. Jonathan NiederMay 28, 2013
  18. Junio C HamanoMay 28, 2013
  19. Matthijs KooijmanMay 30, 2013
  20. Junio C HamanoJun 2, 2013
  21. Matthijs KooijmanJul 9, 2013
  22. Matthijs KooijmanJul 11, 2013
  23. 1/3 upload-pack: Remove a piece of dead codeMatthijs Kooijman, Jul 11, 2013
  24. 2/3 upload-pack: Introduce new "fixed-off-by-one-depth" server featureMatthijs Kooijman, Jul 11, 2013
  25. 3/3 fetch-pack: Request fixed-off-by-one-depth when availableMatthijs Kooijman, Jul 11, 2013
  26. Duy NguyenJul 11, 2013
  27. Junio C HamanoJul 11, 2013
  28. Duy NguyenJan 8, 2013
  29. Junio C HamanoJan 8, 2013

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