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

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SPSebastian Pipping <webmaster@hartwork.org>
Date
Apr 1, 2009, 19:39 UTC
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Sebastian Pipping wrote:
> 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?

Anyone? Is "git clone --depth 1 <ropository>" really supposed to produce a history holding _two_ commits? Why so?

Sebastian
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