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diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt index 96523204dd..e7085fdf5f 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. |