Re: [PATCH v3 3/4] gitfaq: shallow cloning a repository

> Add issue in 'Common issue' section which covers issues with cloning
> large repositories. Use shallow cloning to clone the repository in
> a smaller size.
>
> Signed-off-by: Shourya Shukla <shouryashukla.oo@gmail.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/gitfaq.txt | 14 ++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/gitfaq.txt b/Documentation/gitfaq.txt
> index 13d37f96af..cea293cf07 100644
> --- a/Documentation/gitfaq.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/gitfaq.txt
> @@ -275,6 +275,20 @@ I want to change the remote of my repository. How do I do that?::
>  One can list the remotes of a repository using `git remote -v` command.
>  The default name of a remote is 'origin'.
>  
> +[[shallow-cloning]]
> +The repository I am trying to clone is too big. Is there an alternative
> +way of cloning it in lesser space?::
> +	One can clone a repository having a truncated history, meaning the
> +	history	will span upto a specified number of commits instead of
> +	the whole history of the repository. This is called 'Shallow Cloning'.
> ...