glossary: define the term shallow clone

There are several places in the documentation that
the term shallow clone is used. Defining the term
enables its use elsewhere with a known definition.

Signed-off-by: Stephen P. Smith <ischis2@cox.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
index 4e0b971824f698841a6395588c2b53b0e1cf988d..c408d72582cdd0e43ec7106aee731ada210b30fa 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
+++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
@@ -504,6 +504,11 @@ The most notable example is `HEAD`.
        "Secure Hash Algorithm 1"; a cryptographic hash function.
        In the context of Git used as a synonym for <<def_object_name,object name>>.
 
        "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
 [[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