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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/fetch-options.txt | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-clone.txt | 12 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt index 39bf77fbe..5b4d184a7 100644 --- a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt @@ -41,3 +41,8 @@ implementing your own Porcelain you are not supposed to use it. +\--depth=<depth>:: + Deepen the history of a 'shallow' repository created by + `git clone` with `--depth=<depth>` option (see gitlink:git-clone[1]) + by the specified number of commits. + 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. |