Re: [PATCHv2 2/8] Doc: shallow clone deepens _to_ new depth
Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org> writes:
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> Clarify that 'depth=' specifies the new depth from the remote's
> branch tip. It does not add the depth to the existing shallow clone.
> (details from pack-protocol.txt).
> Clarify that tags are not fetched. (details from shallow.txt)
>
> Signed-off-by: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org>
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
> index 39d326a..b4d6476 100644
> --- a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
> @@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
> --depth=<depth>::
> Deepen the history of a 'shallow' repository created by
> `git clone` with `--depth=<depth>` option (see linkgit:git-clone[1])
> - by the specified number of commits.
> + to the specified number of commits from the tip of each remote
> + branch history. Tags for the deepened commits are not fetched.
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>