From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Shawn O. Pearce" Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-clone: Sync documentation to usage note. Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:38:02 -0500 Message-ID: <20070215223802.GA27992@spearce.org> References: <117157763494-git-send-email-schlotter@users.sourceforge.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: Christian Schlotter X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Thu Feb 15 23:38:25 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HHpFA-00028w-Kv for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Thu, 15 Feb 2007 23:38:24 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161528AbXBOWiK (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:38:10 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1161578AbXBOWiJ (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:38:09 -0500 Received: from corvette.plexpod.net ([64.38.20.226]:34482 "EHLO corvette.plexpod.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1161528AbXBOWiI (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:38:08 -0500 Received: from cpe-74-70-48-173.nycap.res.rr.com ([74.70.48.173] helo=asimov.home.spearce.org) by corvette.plexpod.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1HHpEh-0001s2-WF; Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:37:56 -0500 Received: by asimov.home.spearce.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 2EEDD20FBAE; Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:38:03 -0500 (EST) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <117157763494-git-send-email-schlotter@users.sourceforge.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - corvette.plexpod.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - spearce.org X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Christian Schlotter wrote: > Please note that I was not able to test the new shallow clone feature, as > both > git clone --depth=5 git://git2.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git > and > git clone --depth 5 git://git2.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git > do not seem to work. The former correctly produces the usage note, while > the latter prints > > Initialized empty Git repository in /home/cs/tmp2/git/.git/ > fatal: read error (Connection reset by peer) > fetch-pack from 'git://git2.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git' failed. > > Is this a problem on my end? Sort of. ;-) The server side must also support shallow clone. I don't think the server on kernel.org has been upgraded yet to a version which supports that feature, so you cannot shallow clone from there. -- Shawn.