'git-clone' [--template=<template_directory>]
[-l] [-s] [--no-hardlinks] [-q] [-n] [--bare]
[-o <name>] [-u <upload-pack>] [--reference <repository>]
- [--depth <depth>] <repository> [<directory>]
+ [--depth <depth>] [--] <repository> [<directory>]
DESCRIPTION
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--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>::
for "host.xz:foo/.git"). Cloning into an existing directory
is not allowed.
+:git-clone: 1
include::urls.txt[]
Examples