--------------------------------------- > Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2013 10:51:53 +0200 > From: stefanbel...@googlemail.com > To: dougla...@outlook.com > CC: git@vger.kernel.org; junchunx.g...@gmail.com > Subject: Re: About *git clone --depth=n* puzzle > > On 08/14/2013 10:20 AM, XinLingchao wrote: >> Hi Guys, >> >> I think I have got some trouble when I use `git clone --depth=n` command. >> Take a real repo for example: >> >> >> `git clone https://github.com/douglarek/vimrc.git --depth=1` >> >> >> then I use `git log`: >> >> ``` >> commit d04ca09ecc723739123fae11ad56784eb0c9b36a >> Author: Lingchao Xin <dougla...@outlook.com> >> Date: Fri Jun 7 09:39:22 2013 +0800 >> >> Update vnudle to master branch, add wm shortcut, pylint optimization >> >> commit c66d827dc212f6ae8aab6b5c44631564bcbe2acd >> Author: icocoa <lingc...@outlook.com> >> Date: Tue Mar 12 01:36:34 2013 -0700 >> >> Merge pull request #1 from douglarek/master >> >> Add markdown, flake8, pylint plugin >> >> ``` >> but when I clone it with `file://`: >> >> git clone https://github.com/douglarek/vimrc.git >> git clone file://vimrc.git --depth=1 vimrc1 >> >> I got this log: >> ``` >> commit d04ca09ecc723739123fae11ad56784eb0c9b36a >> Author: Lingchao Xin <dougla...@outlook.com> >> Date: Fri Jun 7 09:39:22 2013 +0800 >> >> Update vnudle to master branch, add wm shortcut, pylint optimization >> ``` >> >> so the two results are not same, is it a bug? or it should be so? >> >> My os is openSUSE 12.3 and git version 1.8.3.4; and myabe it occured in git >> 1.8.1.4 +. >> >> >> Thanks and Best regards >> >> Lingchao Xin -- > > There was a similar discussion going on in July this year, > maybe this is an interesting read with respect to this topic > http://www.spinics.net/lists/git/msg196138.html > > Stefan > >
Stefan, I do NOT think so, the key point is not about the depth limit, it is about whether remote clone depth equals local clone depth. cheers Lingchao Xin
