t5500, t5539: tests for shallow depth since a specific date

diff --git a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
index 6b109f687aa27e6ad8ee4b7b665d053193975af6..8738d3dc365c538143b850741a2a1b3f7df96728 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
@@ -8,10 +8,15 @@
        option old data in `.git/FETCH_HEAD` will be overwritten.
 
 --depth=<depth>::
-       Deepen or shorten the history of a 'shallow' repository created by
-       `git clone` with `--depth=<depth>` option (see linkgit:git-clone[1])
-       to the specified number of commits from the tip of each remote
-       branch history. Tags for the deepened commits are not fetched.
+       Limit fetching to the specified number of commits from the tip of
+       each remote branch history. If fetching to a 'shallow' repository
+       created by `git clone` with `--depth=<depth>` option (see
+       linkgit:git-clone[1]), deepen or shorten the history to the specified
+       number of commits. Tags for the deepened commits are not fetched.
+
+--shallow-since=<date>::
+       Deepen or shorten the history of a shallow repository to
+       include all reachable commits after <date>.
 
 --unshallow::
        If the source repository is complete, convert a shallow