# '--shallow-since' option is not available for git-pull in Git version 2.14.1 2 messages from 2017-09-25 to 2017-09-26. Participants: Sanggyu Nam, Kevin Daudt. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/46824 ## Sanggyu Nam, 2017-09-25 07:31 Subject: '--shallow-since' option is not available for git-pull in Git version 2.14.1 Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/F3F7A768-C844-4D77-9403-53AC3F506080%40gmail.com ``` I’ve found that some subcommands such as git-clone, git-fetch, and git-pull support an option named ‘--shallow-since’, as of Git version 2.11. This option is documented in the man page of each subcommand. In Git 2.14.1, I’ve checked that the option is available for git-clone and git-fetch so that the history of a shallow repository is updated. However, running git-pull with this option shows an error as follows: error: unknown option `shallow-since=2017-09-10T00:00:00+00:00' usage: git pull [] [ [...]] ... I found that this option is not available in Git 2.14.1 on macOS and Ubuntu 16.04.1. It seems the option handling of git-pull does not match with what’s described in the man page. Since ‘git pull’ is a shorthand for ‘git fetch’ followed by ‘git merge FETCH_HEAD’ in its default mode, we can run these two commands in this order as a workaround. ``` ## Kevin Daudt, 2017-09-26 05:15 Subject: Re: '--shallow-since' option is not available for git-pull in Git version 2.14.1 Message-ID: <20170926051539.GA22514@alpha.vpn.ikke.info> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20170926051539.GA22514%40alpha.vpn.ikke.info In-Reply-To: ``` On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 04:31:10PM +0900, Sanggyu Nam wrote: > I’ve found that some subcommands such as git-clone, git-fetch, and > git-pull support an option named ‘--shallow-since’, as of Git version > 2.11. This option is documented in the man page of each subcommand. In > Git 2.14.1, I’ve checked that the option is available for git-clone > and git-fetch so that the history of a shallow repository is updated. > However, running git-pull with this option shows an error as follows: > > error: unknown option `shallow-since=2017-09-10T00:00:00+00:00' > > usage: git pull [] [ [...]] > ... > > I found that this option is not available in Git 2.14.1 on macOS and > Ubuntu 16.04.1. It seems the option handling of git-pull does not > match with what’s described in the man page. Since ‘git pull’ is a > shorthand for ‘git fetch’ followed by ‘git merge FETCH_HEAD’ in its > default mode, we can run these two commands in this order as a > workaround. > > This does not only count for --shallow-since, but also --deepen and --shallow-exclude. ```