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"git clone --depth <depth>" producing history with <depth + 1> commits?

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SPSebastian Pipping <webmaster@hartwork.org>
Date
Mar 26, 2009, 17:00 UTC
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<49CBB490.8040908@hartwork.org>
Hello!

Is "git clone --depth 1 <ropository>" expected to give a history with 2 commits? "--depth 2" gives 3 commits, "--depth 0" all.

Is that by design or a bug?
Sebastian
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