From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.9 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_NONE shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42F151F4C1 for ; Fri, 18 Oct 2019 10:06:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2633218AbfJRKF7 (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Oct 2019 06:05:59 -0400 Received: from cpanel4.indieserve.net ([199.212.143.9]:32975 "EHLO cck.ca" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727249AbfJRKF6 (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Oct 2019 06:05:58 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 1020 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Fri, 18 Oct 2019 06:05:58 EDT Received: from [216.208.232.130] (port=50898 helo=localhost.localdomain) by cpanel4.indieserve.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1iLOsS-00Ccl3-93 for git@vger.kernel.org; Fri, 18 Oct 2019 05:48:56 -0400 Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2019 05:48:55 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost.localdomain To: Git Mailing list Subject: what *precisely* means "--depth" WRT a shallow clone? Message-ID: User-Agent: Alpine 2.21 (LFD 202 2017-01-01) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-OutGoing-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.2 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - cpanel4.indieserve.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crashcourse.ca X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: cpanel4.indieserve.net: authenticated_id: rpjday+crashcourse.ca/only user confirmed/virtual account not confirmed X-Authenticated-Sender: cpanel4.indieserve.net: rpjday@crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org i can see the standard use of "--depth" when set to precisely one, for CI/CD systems that don't need any history. but what does it mean to say, eg, "--depth 10"? the man page explains that as "a history truncated to the specified number of commits", but what does mean in the sense of branching and merging? will i get *precisely* 10 commits of history? and in the context of merging, *which* 10 commits? sorry if this should be obvious. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ========================================================================