# [PATCH] Documentation on depth option in git clone. 1 messages from 2013-01-07 to 2013-01-07. Participants: Stefan Beller. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/32550 ## Stefan Beller, 2013-01-07 18:10 Subject: [PATCH] Documentation on depth option in git clone. Message-ID: <1357582255-17859-1-git-send-email-stefanbeller@googlemail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1357582255-17859-1-git-send-email-stefanbeller%40googlemail.com ``` Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller --- Documentation/git-clone.txt | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) 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 ```