From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:45:42 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] clone: ignore --depth when cloning locally (implicitly --local)
Message-ID: <7v8wnsrf55.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <1f63785d96d243ff19a063f684abbbe46cafc075.1235672273u.git.johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>

Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

> When cloning locally, we default to --local, as it makes the whole
> operation fast and efficient.
>
> As the most common intent of cloning with a --depth parameter is to
> save space, and --local saves space more than --depth ever can,
> warn the user and ignore the --depth parameter when cloning locally.
>
> Should --depth be desired, the user can always force proper cloning
> by using a file:// URL.
>
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>

Makes sense.  I'm inclined to apply this as a "fix" before 1.6.2, but I
cannot exactly say what we are fixing.  User's expectations?