fetch, upload-pack: --deepen=N extends shallow boundary by N commits

[thirdparty/git.git] / Documentation / fetch-options.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
index 7aa1285fc92ea7a0a39d708614ceb712d48776be..3b91f1528e01c91f2b278dcae87db152418ccc75 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@
        linkgit:git-clone[1]), deepen or shorten the history to the specified
        number of commits. Tags for the deepened commits are not fetched.
 
+--deepen=<depth>::
+       Similar to --depth, except it specifies the number of commits
+       from the current shallow boundary instead of from the tip of
+       each remote branch history.
+
 --shallow-since=<date>::
        Deepen or shorten the history of a shallow repository to
        include all reachable commits after <date>.