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Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

> But if you do not care for history, instead just for being up-to-date, it 
> should help you.

I had a distinct impression that Bill was talking about a narrow
checkout, not a shallow clone, but it probably is just me.

> P.S.: And no, I don't remember if you need to say "--depth 2" or "--depth 
> 1" for that... Sorry

Depth 1 AFAICR meant "the tip plus one parent".