Re: [PATCH 1/1] shallow: fix relative deepen on non-shallow repositories

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: May 11, 2026, 08:30 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqy0hqqreq.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <ac1aac76-17bc-469b-8dc1-d3a384f5c6af@web.de>

René Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de> writes:

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> Perhaps, but no warning has been given for deepening a non-shallow repo
> since the introduction of this option by cccf74e2da (fetch, upload-pack:
> --deepen=N extends shallow boundary by N commits, 2016-06-12).
>
> The best place for such a warning would be close to the user, in fetch,
> no?  And in its own patch.

Yeah, the lack of warning may or may not be considered a bug, but I agree that it is totally orthogonal to the problem the patch is trying to address.

Thanks.