--quiet::
-q::
Operate quietly. Progress is not reported to the standard
- error stream. This flag is also passed to the `rsync'
- command when given.
+ error stream.
--verbose::
-v::
--depth <depth>::
Create a 'shallow' clone with a history truncated to the
- specified number of revisions. Implies `--single-branch` unless
+ specified number of commits. Implies `--single-branch` unless
`--no-single-branch` is given to fetch the histories near the
tips of all branches. If you want to clone submodules shallowly,
also pass `--shallow-submodules`.
--[no-]single-branch::
Clone only the history leading to the tip of a single branch,
either specified by the `--branch` option or the primary
- branch remote's `HEAD` points at. When creating a shallow
- clone with the `--depth` option, this is the default, unless
- `--no-single-branch` is given to fetch the histories near the
- tips of all branches.
+ branch remote's `HEAD` points at.
Further fetches into the resulting repository will only update the
remote-tracking branch for the branch this option was used for the
initial cloning. If the HEAD at the remote did not point at any