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git clone --depth and git describe

From
Ruediger Meier <sweet_f_a@gmx.de>
Date
May 9, 2013, 23:07 UTC
Message-ID
<201305100107.59115.sweet_f_a@gmx.de>
Hi,

I have a use case where I'd like to improve performance using "git clone --depth". But I also need "git describe" working on that clone.

So something like
 git clone --depth=describable
would be nice to have.
Would it be possible to add such feature?

cu, Rudi

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