Merge branch 'jc/core-checkstat' into maint
[gitweb.git] / Documentation / git-fetch-pack.txt
index 8c751202d75ec5f3e62b7c386bb168f13e63e295..1e717543470c0440a72812a046bcadf0e52e4953 100644 (file)
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
 'git fetch-pack' [--all] [--quiet|-q] [--keep|-k] [--thin] [--include-tag]
-                               [--upload-pack=<git-upload-pack>]
-                               [--depth=<n>] [--no-progress]
-                               [-v] [<host>:]<directory> [<refs>...]
+       [--upload-pack=<git-upload-pack>]
+       [--depth=<n>] [--no-progress]
+       [-v] [<host>:]<directory> [<refs>...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ be in a separate packet, and the list must end with a flush packet.
 
 --depth=<n>::
        Limit fetching to ancestor-chains not longer than n.
+       'git-upload-pack' treats the special depth 2147483647 as
+       infinite even if there is an ancestor-chain that long.
 
 --no-progress::
        Do not show the progress.