--depth <depth>::
Create a 'shallow' clone with a history truncated to the
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
- are only interested in the recent history of a large project
- with a long history, and would want to send in fixes
- as patches.
+ number of limitations (you cannot clone or fetch from it, nor
+ push into it), but is adequate if you are only interested in
+ the recent history of a large project with a long history.
++
+Pushing from a shallow clone should be avoided if the git version on
+the receiver end is older than v1.7.10, or any other git
+implementation that does not perform connectivity check.
--[no-]single-branch::
Clone only the history leading to the tip of a single branch,