A fast-forward is a special type of <<def_merge,merge>> where you have a
<<def_revision,revision>> and you are "merging" another
<<def_branch,branch>>'s changes that happen to be a descendant of what
- you have. In such these cases, you do not make a new <<def_merge,merge>>
+ you have. In such a case, you do not make a new <<def_merge,merge>>
<<def_commit,commit>> but instead just update to his
revision. This will happen frequently on a
<<def_remote_tracking_branch,remote-tracking branch>> of a remote
"Secure Hash Algorithm 1"; a cryptographic hash function.
In the context of Git used as a synonym for <<def_object_name,object name>>.
+[[def_shallow_clone]]shallow clone::
+ Mostly a synonym to <<def_shallow_repository,shallow repository>>
+ but the phrase makes it more explicit that it was created by
+ running `git clone --depth=...` command.
+
[[def_shallow_repository]]shallow repository::
A shallow <<def_repository,repository>> has an incomplete
history some of whose <<def_commit,commits>> have <<def_parent,parents>> cauterized away (in other