On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 1:06 AM, Stefan Beller <stefanbel...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Currently it is not possible to have a shallow depth of > just 0, i.e. only one commit in that repository after cloning. > The minimum number of commits is 2, caused by depth=1. > > I had no good idea how to add this behavior to git clone as > the depth variable in git_transport_options struct (file transport.h) > uses value 0 for another meaning, so it would have need changes at > all places, where the transport options depth is being used > (e.g. fetch) > > So I documented the current behavior, see attached patch.
If we choose not to do the off-by-one topic Junio suggested elsewhere in the same thread, I think this document patch should be turned into code instead. Just reject --depth=0 with an explanation. Users who are hit by this will be caught without the need to read through the document. -- Duy -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
