automatically setup .git/objects/info/alternates to
obtain objects from the reference repository. Using
an already existing repository as an alternate will
- require less objects to be copied from the repository
+ require fewer objects to be copied from the repository
being cloned, reducing network and local storage costs.
--quiet::
--depth <depth>::
Create a 'shallow' clone with a history truncated to the
- specified number of revs. A shallow repository has
+ specified number of revisions. A shallow repository has a
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
+ are only interested in the recent history of a large project
+ with a long history, and would want to send in fixes
as patches.
<repository>::