@into_highest_invite@lemmygrad.ml
2026-09-09 04:44 UTC
no, shallow is –shallow. the difference is –depth refers to the history (as reported by, e.g. git log), whereas shallow will only check out the root of the repository and any paths explicitly specified. i guess the article is describing some sort of problem with users who convert their shallow repository to a regular full repo. i wouldn’t know a lot about that.
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@onlinepersona@programming.dev 2026-09-09 19:46
This is the documentation from git clone --help –depth= Create a shallow clone with a history truncated to the specified number of commits. Implies –single-branch unless –no-single-branch is given to fetch the histories near the tips of all branches. If you want to clone submodules shallowly, also pass –shallow-submodules.