Merge branch 'ss/clone-depth-single-doc'

[thirdparty/git.git] / Documentation / git-clone.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index 6bf000dac348880cc2f5b8d3cb6825e7a1ca82b4..789b668f7732957d71f42f98d361abd0b34305a7 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -190,15 +190,14 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository.
 
 --depth <depth>::
        Create a 'shallow' clone with a history truncated to the
-       specified number of revisions.
+       specified number of commits. Implies `--single-branch` unless
+       `--no-single-branch` is given to fetch the histories near the
+       tips of all branches.
 
 --[no-]single-branch::
        Clone only the history leading to the tip of a single branch,
        either specified by the `--branch` option or the primary
-       branch remote's `HEAD` points at. When creating a shallow
-       clone with the `--depth` option, this is the default, unless
-       `--no-single-branch` is given to fetch the histories near the
-       tips of all branches.
+       branch remote's `HEAD` points at.
        Further fetches into the resulting repository will only update the
        remote-tracking branch for the branch this option was used for the
        initial cloning.  If the HEAD at the remote did not point at any