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patchgit-clone.txt: Improve --depth description.

Subject: [PATCH] git-clone.txt: Improve --depth description.

## tl;dr

One message between Nov 1, 2007 and Nov 1, 2007. Diffs are folded; open one to read it.

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Ralf Wildenhues· Nov 1, 2007, 08:46 UTC · lore
Avoid abbreviation 'revs', improve the language a bit.
---
 Documentation/git-clone.txt |    6 +++---
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
Show changes to Documentation/git-clone.txt +3 −3
diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index 253f4f0..cca14d6 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -111,11 +111,11 @@ OPTIONS
 
 --depth <depth>::
 	Create a 'shallow' clone with a history truncated to the
-	specified number of revs.  A shallow repository has
+	specified number of revisions.  A shallow repository has a
 	number of limitations (you cannot clone or fetch from
 	it, nor push from nor into it), but is adequate if you
-	want to only look at near the tip of a large project
-	with a long history, and would want to send in a fixes
+	are only interested in the recent history of a large project
+	with a long history, and would want to send in fixes
 	as patches.
 
 <repository>::
-- 
1.5.3.1.522.g85b0

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