* [PATCHv2 2/8] Doc: shallow clone deepens _to_ new depth
@ 2012-09-18 23:25 Philip Oakley
2012-09-19 3:45 ` Junio C Hamano
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Philip Oakley @ 2012-09-18 23:25 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: gitList
Clarify that 'depth=' specifies the new depth from the remote's
branch tip. It does not add the depth to the existing shallow clone.
(details from pack-protocol.txt).
Clarify that tags are not fetched. (details from shallow.txt)
Signed-off-by: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org>
diff --git a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
index 39d326a..b4d6476 100644
--- a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
--depth=<depth>::
Deepen the history of a 'shallow' repository created by
`git clone` with `--depth=<depth>` option (see linkgit:git-clone[1])
- by the specified number of commits.
+ to the specified number of commits from the tip of each remote
+ branch history. Tags for the deepened commits are not fetched.
ifndef::git-pull[]
--dry-run::
--
1.7.8.msysgit.0
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* Re: [PATCHv2 2/8] Doc: shallow clone deepens _to_ new depth
2012-09-18 23:25 [PATCHv2 2/8] Doc: shallow clone deepens _to_ new depth Philip Oakley
@ 2012-09-19 3:45 ` Junio C Hamano
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From: Junio C Hamano @ 2012-09-19 3:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Philip Oakley; +Cc: gitList
Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org> writes:
> Clarify that 'depth=' specifies the new depth from the remote's
> branch tip. It does not add the depth to the existing shallow clone.
> (details from pack-protocol.txt).
> Clarify that tags are not fetched. (details from shallow.txt)
>
> Signed-off-by: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org>
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
> index 39d326a..b4d6476 100644
> --- a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
> @@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
> --depth=<depth>::
> Deepen the history of a 'shallow' repository created by
> `git clone` with `--depth=<depth>` option (see linkgit:git-clone[1])
> - by the specified number of commits.
> + to the specified number of commits from the tip of each remote
> + branch history. Tags for the deepened commits are not fetched.
Looks good; thanks.
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