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| author | Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> | 2007-01-01 15:08:06 -0800 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> | 2007-01-01 15:08:06 -0800 |
| commit | f4bf2184ae8b79f95b9f56c1ea5455d04e559299 (patch) | |
| tree | 413ae7c834e5aaa7524b5de6c3139355b13a542f /Documentation/git-clone.txt | |
| parent | a597fb0e713d172a34efb4bf6f65cf2f64cf4536 (diff) | |
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Update clone/fetch documentation with --depth (shallow clone) option
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt index 96523204d..e7085fdf5 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ SYNOPSIS [verse] 'git-clone' [--template=<template_directory>] [-l [-s]] [-q] [-n] [--bare] [-o <name>] [-u <upload-pack>] [--reference <repository>] - <repository> [<directory>] + [--depth=<depth>] <repository> [<directory>] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ the remote branch heads under `$GIT_DIR/refs/remotes/origin` and by initializing `remote.origin.url` and `remote.origin.fetch` configuration variables. + OPTIONS ------- --local:: @@ -95,6 +96,15 @@ OPTIONS if unset the templates are taken from the installation defined default, typically `/usr/share/git-core/templates`. +--depth=<depth>:: + Create a 'shallow' clone with a history truncated to the + specified number of revs. A shallow repository has + 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 + as patches. + <repository>:: The (possibly remote) repository to clone from. It can be any URL git-fetch supports. |