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docs: clarify that --depth for git-fetch works with newly initialized repos

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The original wording sounded as if --depth could only be used to deepen or
shorten the history of existing repos. However, that is not the case. In a
workflow like

    $ git init
    $ git remote add origin https://github.com/git/git.git
    $ git fetch --depth=1

The newly initialized repo is properly created as a shallow repo.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Sebastian Schuberth 2016-01-08 10:32:52 +01:00 committed by Junio C Hamano
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Documentation/fetch-options.txt
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option old data in `.git/FETCH_HEAD` will be overwritten.
--depth=<depth>::
Deepen or shorten the history of a 'shallow' repository created by
`git clone` with `--depth=<depth>` option (see linkgit:git-clone[1])
to the specified number of commits from the tip of each remote
branch history. Tags for the deepened commits are not fetched.
Limit fetching to the specified number of commits from the tip of
each remote branch history. If fetching to a 'shallow' repository
created by `git clone` with `--depth=<depth>` option (see
linkgit:git-clone[1]), deepen or shorten the history to the specified
number of commits. Tags for the deepened commits are not fetched.
--unshallow::
If the source repository is complete, convert a shallow