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patchDocumentation on depth option in git clone.

Subject: [PATCH] Documentation on depth option in git clone.

## tl;dr

One message between Jan 7, 2013 and Jan 7, 2013. Diffs are folded; open one to read it.

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Stefan Beller· Jan 7, 2013, 18:10 UTC · lore
Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <stefanbeller@googlemail.com>
---
 Documentation/git-clone.txt | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
Show changes to Documentation/git-clone.txt +2 −1
diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index 7fefdb0..e76aa50 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -186,7 +186,8 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository.
 	it, nor push from nor into it), but is adequate if you
 	are only interested in the recent history of a large project
 	with a long history, and would want to send in fixes
-	as patches.
+	as patches. The depth should be at least 1. If it is 0 or
+	below, the cloned repository will not be shallow.
 
 --single-branch::
 	Clone only the history leading to the tip of a single branch,
-- 
1.8.1.80.g3e293fb.dirty

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