t5500, t5539: tests for shallow depth since a specific date

diff --git a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
index 952dfdfef098ca00b7976ef9d549401f171514f6..8738d3dc365c538143b850741a2a1b3f7df96728 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@
        linkgit:git-clone[1]), deepen or shorten the history to the specified
        number of commits. Tags for the deepened commits are not fetched.
 
+--shallow-since=<date>::
+       Deepen or shorten the history of a shallow repository to
+       include all reachable commits after <date>.
+
 --unshallow::
        If the source repository is complete, convert a shallow
        repository to a complete one, removing all the limitations